diff --git a/package/ranger/Config.in b/package/ranger/Config.in
index ee0ffecd13..a379002f95 100644
--- a/package/ranger/Config.in
+++ b/package/ranger/Config.in
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_RANGER
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # python3
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # python3
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # python3
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3 if !BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_CURSES if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_CURSES if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_CURSES
 	help
 	  ranger is a console file manager with VI key bindings. It
 	  provides a minimalistic and nice curses interface with a