diff --git a/package/frr/Config.in b/package/frr/Config.in
index c2e9577a27..f6c058e6df 100644
--- a/package/frr/Config.in
+++ b/package/frr/Config.in
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FRR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BASH
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS # bash
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBYANG
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JSON_C
 	help
diff --git a/package/frr/frr.mk b/package/frr/frr.mk
index 19f346fd7b..a4b4bccaf9 100644
--- a/package/frr/frr.mk
+++ b/package/frr/frr.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ FRR_CPE_ID_VENDOR = linuxfoundation
 FRR_CPE_ID_PRODUCT = free_range_routing
 FRR_AUTORECONF = YES
 
-FRR_DEPENDENCIES = host-frr readline json-c libyang libnl \
+FRR_DEPENDENCIES = host-frr readline json-c libyang \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_C_ARES),c-ares)
 
 HOST_FRR_DEPENDENCIES = host-flex host-bison host-elfutils host-python3