diff --git a/package/python-urllib3/Config.in b/package/python-urllib3/Config.in
index 21d3f6748e..90e10b7969 100644
--- a/package/python-urllib3/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-urllib3/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_URLLIB3
 	bool "python-urllib3"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_ZLIB if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON # runtime
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_ZLIB if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3 # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_ZLIB # runtime
 	help
 	  Python HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling, file
 	  post support, sanity friendly, and more.