diff --git a/package/mtd/Config.in b/package/mtd/Config.in
index 3ba48da645..9e5bb1735b 100644
--- a/package/mtd/Config.in
+++ b/package/mtd/Config.in
@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_MTD
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MTD_JFFS_UTILS
 	bool
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LZO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MTD_UBIFS_UTILS
 	bool
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LZO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
diff --git a/package/mtd/mtd.mk b/package/mtd/mtd.mk
index faf4c55eda..f790ef5ec4 100644
--- a/package/mtd/mtd.mk
+++ b/package/mtd/mtd.mk
@@ -20,17 +20,24 @@ MTD_DEPENDENCIES += libexecinfo
 MTD_LDFLAGS += -lexecinfo
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LZO),y)
+MTD_DEPENDENCIES += lzo
+MTD_CONF_OPTS += --with-lzo
+else
+MTD_CONF_OPTS += --without-lzo
+endif
+
 MTD_CONF_ENV += LDFLAGS="$(MTD_LDFLAGS)"
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MTD_JFFS_UTILS),y)
-MTD_DEPENDENCIES += zlib lzo host-pkgconf
+MTD_DEPENDENCIES += zlib host-pkgconf
 MTD_CONF_OPTS += --with-jffs
 else
 MTD_CONF_OPTS += --without-jffs
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MTD_UBIFS_UTILS),y)
-MTD_DEPENDENCIES += util-linux zlib lzo host-pkgconf
+MTD_DEPENDENCIES += util-linux zlib host-pkgconf
 MTD_CONF_OPTS += --with-ubifs
 # crypto needs linux/hash_info.h
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_12)$(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),yy)