diff --git a/package/ogre/ogre.mk b/package/ogre/ogre.mk
index 72fd616c0c..3fd2fc4650 100644
--- a/package/ogre/ogre.mk
+++ b/package/ogre/ogre.mk
@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ OGRE_CONF_OPTS = -DOGRE_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES=OFF \
 	-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$(OGRE_CXXFLAGS)"
 
 # Enable optional python component if python interpreter is present on the target.
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON)$(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),y)
-OGRE_DEPENDENCIES += host-swig \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),host-python3,host-python)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),y)
+OGRE_DEPENDENCIES += host-swig host-python3
 OGRE_CONF_OPTS += -DOGRE_BUILD_COMPONENT_PYTHON=ON
 else
 OGRE_CONF_OPTS += -DOGRE_BUILD_COMPONENT_PYTHON=OFF