diff --git a/package/weston/weston.mk b/package/weston/weston.mk
index 6a5c0e57f5..b07e798765 100644
--- a/package/weston/weston.mk
+++ b/package/weston/weston.mk
@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@ WESTON_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dtools=calibrator,debug,info,terminal,touch-calibrator
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_SIMPLE_CLIENTS),y)
+# Note: some clients are conditional, see further for the others.
 WESTON_SIMPLE_CLIENTS = \
 	damage \
-	dmabuf-egl \
-	dmabuf-feedback \
-	egl \
 	im \
 	shm \
 	touch
@@ -38,8 +36,6 @@ WESTON_SIMPLE_CLIENTS += dmabuf-v4l
 endif
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_SIMPLE_CLIENTS
 
-WESTON_CONF_OPTS += -Dsimple-clients=$(subst $(space),$(comma),$(strip $(WESTON_SIMPLE_CLIENTS)))
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG),y)
 WESTON_CONF_OPTS += -Dimage-jpeg=true
 WESTON_DEPENDENCIES += jpeg
@@ -57,6 +53,9 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL_WAYLAND)$(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGBM)$(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGLES),yyy)
 WESTON_CONF_OPTS += -Drenderer-gl=true
 WESTON_DEPENDENCIES += libegl libgbm libgles
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_SIMPLE_CLIENTS),y)
+WESTON_SIMPLE_CLIENTS += dmabuf-egl dmabuf-feedback egl
+endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PIPEWIRE)$(BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_DRM),yy)
 WESTON_CONF_OPTS += -Dpipewire=true -Dbackend-pipewire=true
 WESTON_DEPENDENCIES += pipewire
@@ -70,6 +69,8 @@ WESTON_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-Dbackend-pipewire=false
 endif
 
+WESTON_CONF_OPTS += -Dsimple-clients=$(subst $(space),$(comma),$(strip $(WESTON_SIMPLE_CLIENTS)))
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WESTON_RDP),y)
 WESTON_DEPENDENCIES += freerdp
 WESTON_CONF_OPTS += -Dbackend-rdp=true