diff --git a/package/libxmlsec1/Config.in b/package/libxmlsec1/Config.in
index 155efac825..4a686853ae 100644
--- a/package/libxmlsec1/Config.in
+++ b/package/libxmlsec1/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXMLSEC1
 	bool "libxmlsec1"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXSLT
 	help
 	  XMLSec library provides C based implementation for major XML
 	  Security standards:
diff --git a/package/libxmlsec1/libxmlsec1.mk b/package/libxmlsec1/libxmlsec1.mk
index 08f1f9eccd..d0d553c48c 100644
--- a/package/libxmlsec1/libxmlsec1.mk
+++ b/package/libxmlsec1/libxmlsec1.mk
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ LIBXMLSEC1_SITE = https://github.com/lsh123/xmlsec/releases/download/$(LIBXMLSEC
 LIBXMLSEC1_LICENSE = MIT
 LIBXMLSEC1_LICENSE_FILES = Copyright
 LIBXMLSEC1_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-LIBXMLSEC1_DEPENDENCIES = libxml2 libxslt openssl
-HOST_LIBXMLSEC1_DEPENDENCIES = host-libxml2 host-libxslt host-openssl
+LIBXMLSEC1_DEPENDENCIES = libxml2 openssl
+HOST_LIBXMLSEC1_DEPENDENCIES = host-libxml2 host-openssl
 LIBXMLSEC1_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 LIBXMLSEC1_CONF_OPTS = \
@@ -26,7 +26,15 @@ HOST_LIBXMLSEC1_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-openssl \
 	--without-gnutls \
 	--without-gcrypt \
-	--without-nss
+	--without-nss \
+	--without-libxslt
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXSLT),y)
+LIBXMLSEC1_DEPENDENCIES += libxslt
+LIBXMLSEC1_CONF_OPTS += --with-libxslt
+else
+LIBXMLSEC1_CONF_OPTS += --without-libxslt
+endif
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))