diff --git a/package/radvd/Config.in b/package/radvd/Config.in
index 48aeedc08f..713e7cb277 100644
--- a/package/radvd/Config.in
+++ b/package/radvd/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_RADVD
 	bool "radvd"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_FLEX
 	help
 	  IPv6 Router Advertisement Daemon.
 
diff --git a/package/radvd/radvd.mk b/package/radvd/radvd.mk
index 5679e613d4..4bc3ea4e60 100644
--- a/package/radvd/radvd.mk
+++ b/package/radvd/radvd.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 RADVD_VERSION = 2.18
 RADVD_SITE = http://www.litech.org/radvd/dist
-RADVD_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison flex host-flex host-pkgconf
+RADVD_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison host-flex host-pkgconf
 # We need to ignore <linux/if_arp.h>, because radvd already includes
 # <net/if_arp.h>, which conflicts with <linux/if_arp.h>.
 RADVD_CONF_ENV = \