diff --git a/package/osm2pgsql/Config.in b/package/osm2pgsql/Config.in
index 315f496d8e..e903e92c49 100644
--- a/package/osm2pgsql/Config.in
+++ b/package/osm2pgsql/Config.in
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OSM2PGSQL
 	bool "osm2pgsql"
-	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # boost, fmt, libosmium, protozero
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # boost, libosmium, protozero
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # C++14
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # boost, libosmium
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_ALWAYS_LOCKFREE_ATOMIC_INTS # boost-filesystem
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # boost, fmt, libosmium
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # boost, libosmium
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735 # std::future
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_SYSTEM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BZIP2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_FMT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOSMIUM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOZERO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
diff --git a/package/osm2pgsql/osm2pgsql.mk b/package/osm2pgsql/osm2pgsql.mk
index b00976d28b..d389fff590 100644
--- a/package/osm2pgsql/osm2pgsql.mk
+++ b/package/osm2pgsql/osm2pgsql.mk
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ OSM2PGSQL_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 OSM2PGSQL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 OSM2PGSQL_SUPPORTS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD = NO
 
-OSM2PGSQL_DEPENDENCIES = boost bzip2 expat fmt libosmium postgresql protozero zlib
+OSM2PGSQL_DEPENDENCIES = boost bzip2 expat libosmium postgresql protozero zlib
 
+# fmt > 8.0 is not yet supported
 OSM2PGSQL_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DBUILD_TESTS=OFF \
 	-DBUILD_COVERAGE=OFF \
-	-DEXTERNAL_FMT=ON \
+	-DEXTERNAL_FMT=OFF \
 	-DEXTERNAL_LIBOSMIUM=ON \
 	-DEXTERNAL_PROTOZERO=ON