diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index 47047d1a81..e5de1b7284 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_WGET),wget) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_WHOIS),whois)
 
 # Link against libtirpc if available so that we can leverage its RPC
diff --git a/package/wget/wget.mk b/package/wget/wget.mk
index 36afea761a..28bd0a264f 100644
--- a/package/wget/wget.mk
+++ b/package/wget/wget.mk
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ WGET_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 WGET_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 WGET_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
-# Prefer full-blown wget over busybox
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),y)
-WGET_DEPENDENCIES += busybox
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS),y)
 WGET_CONF_OPTS += --with-ssl=gnutls
 WGET_DEPENDENCIES += gnutls