diff --git a/package/jack1/Config.in b/package/jack1/Config.in
index 625afdf8c1..5b3116e2f1 100644
--- a/package/jack1/Config.in
+++ b/package/jack1/Config.in
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_JACK1
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_RAWMIDI
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_SEQ
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BERKELEYDB
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSNDFILE
 	help
 	  JACK Audio Connection Kit (JACK 1 implementation).
 
diff --git a/package/jack1/jack1.mk b/package/jack1/jack1.mk
index 39183826a4..6dca56001f 100644
--- a/package/jack1/jack1.mk
+++ b/package/jack1/jack1.mk
@@ -11,12 +11,16 @@ JACK1_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ (jack server), LGPL-2.1+ (jack library)
 JACK1_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.GPL COPYING.LGPL
 JACK1_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
-JACK1_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf alsa-lib berkeleydb libsndfile
+JACK1_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf alsa-lib berkeleydb
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSAMPLERATE),y)
 JACK1_DEPENDENCIES += libsamplerate
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSNDFILE),y)
+JACK1_DEPENDENCIES += libsndfile
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE),y)
 JACK1_DEPENDENCIES += readline
 endif