diff --git a/package/nginx-modsecurity/Config.in b/package/nginx-modsecurity/Config.in
index 2af11eeee2..e754aab71e 100644
--- a/package/nginx-modsecurity/Config.in
+++ b/package/nginx-modsecurity/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NGINX_MODSECURITY
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # libmodsecurity
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libmodsecurity
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libmodsecurity
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE # libmodsecurity
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMODSECURITY
 	help
 	  The ModSecurity-nginx connector is the connection