diff --git a/package/nodejs/Config.in b/package/nodejs/Config.in
index 8d0bd8fd60..5375dfeacd 100644
--- a/package/nodejs/Config.in
+++ b/package/nodejs/Config.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NODEJS_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	default y if BR2_aarch64 || BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64
 	# libuv
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_ARCH_SUPPORTS_TARGET
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QEMU_USER_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 
 comment "nodejs needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, NPTL, gcc >= 7, wchar, host gcc >= 8"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NODEJS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON3
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON3_BZIP2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON3_SSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QEMU
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QEMU_LINUX_USER_MODE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_C_ARES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUV
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
diff --git a/package/nodejs/Config.in.host b/package/nodejs/Config.in.host
index 4ceaf0c73e..f7f2b80a9b 100644
--- a/package/nodejs/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/nodejs/Config.in.host
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_NODEJS
 	bool "host nodejs"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QEMU_USER_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_8
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON3
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON3_BZIP2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON3_SSL
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QEMU
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QEMU_LINUX_USER_MODE
 	help
 	  Event-driven I/O server-side JavaScript environment based on
 	  V8.
@@ -14,5 +11,4 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_NODEJS
 	  http://nodejs.org/
 
 comment "host nodejs needs a host gcc >= 8"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QEMU_USER_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on !BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_8