diff --git a/package/python-xlrd/Config.in b/package/python-xlrd/Config.in
index 40920f7b02..264ee93e78 100644
--- a/package/python-xlrd/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-xlrd/Config.in
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_XLRD
 	bool "python-xlrd"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYEXPAT if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_PYEXPAT if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_ZLIB if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_ZLIB if BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_PYEXPAT
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_ZLIB
 	help
 	  Library for developers to extract data from Microsoft
 	  Excel(tm) spreadsheet files.