diff --git a/package/iputils/iputils.mk b/package/iputils/iputils.mk
index 0d260891e2..d09bc58b34 100644
--- a/package/iputils/iputils.mk
+++ b/package/iputils/iputils.mk
@@ -40,13 +40,8 @@ IPUTILS_DEPENDENCIES += libgcrypt
 else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 IPUTILS_CONF_OPTS += -DUSE_CRYPTO=openssl
 IPUTILS_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
-else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_HEADERS),y)
-IPUTILS_CONF_OPTS += -DUSE_CRYPTO=kernel
-IPUTILS_DEPENDENCIES += linux-headers
 else
-IPUTILS_CONF_OPTS += -DUSE_CRYPTO=none
-# BUILD_NINFOD=true and USE_CRYPTO=none cannot be combined
-IPUTILS_NINFOD = n
+IPUTILS_CONF_OPTS += -DUSE_CRYPTO=kernel
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD),y)