diff --git a/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk b/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk
index 7919612441..2f99bebbb2 100644
--- a/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk
+++ b/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ TVHEADEND_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-python3 \
 	openssl
 TVHEADEND_CONF_OPTS = \
-	--disable-omx
+	--disable-omx \
+	--disable-pcre
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI),y)
 TVHEADEND_DEPENDENCIES += avahi
@@ -126,12 +127,9 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE2),y)
 TVHEADEND_DEPENDENCIES += pcre2
-TVHEADEND_CONF_OPTS += --disable-pcre --enable-pcre2
-else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE),y)
-TVHEADEND_DEPENDENCIES += pcre
-TVHEADEND_CONF_OPTS += --enable-pcre --disable-pcre2
+TVHEADEND_CONF_OPTS += --enable-pcre2
 else
-TVHEADEND_CONF_OPTS += --disable-pcre --disable-pcre2
+TVHEADEND_CONF_OPTS += --disable-pcre2
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_PIE),)