diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index efb463554c..cb629892cd 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ BUSYBOX_LDFLAGS = \
 
 # Packages that provide commands that may also be busybox applets:
 BUSYBOX_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LSOF),lsof) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_MTD),mtd) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_NET_TOOLS),net-tools) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_NETCAT),netcat) \
diff --git a/package/lsof/lsof.mk b/package/lsof/lsof.mk
index 0dc8e2de2f..83a9b6c388 100644
--- a/package/lsof/lsof.mk
+++ b/package/lsof/lsof.mk
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ LSOF_LICENSE = lsof license
 # It is also defined in 00README, but that contains a lot of other cruft.
 LSOF_LICENSE_FILES = dialects/linux/dproto.h
 
-# Make certain full-blown lsof gets built after the busybox version (1.20+)
-LSOF_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),busybox)
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_USE_WCHAR),)
 define LSOF_CONFIGURE_WCHAR_FIXUPS
 	$(SED) 's,^#define[[:space:]]*HASWIDECHAR.*,#undef HASWIDECHAR,' \