diff --git a/package/lcms2/lcms2.mk b/package/lcms2/lcms2.mk
index d42c8c9a1f..1e73f6ba82 100644
--- a/package/lcms2/lcms2.mk
+++ b/package/lcms2/lcms2.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ LCMS2_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lcms/lcms/$(LCMS2_VERSION)
 LCMS2_LICENSE = MIT
 LCMS2_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LCMS2_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+# tiff is only used by tificc sample
+LCMS2_CONF_OPTS = --without-tiff
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG),y)
 LCMS2_CONF_OPTS += --with-jpeg
@@ -17,13 +19,6 @@ else
 LCMS2_CONF_OPTS += --without-jpeg
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_TIFF),y)
-LCMS2_CONF_OPTS += --with-tiff
-LCMS2_DEPENDENCIES += tiff
-else
-LCMS2_CONF_OPTS += --without-tiff
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),y)
 LCMS2_CONF_OPTS += --with-zlib
 LCMS2_DEPENDENCIES += zlib