diff --git a/package/cairo/Config.in b/package/cairo/Config.in
index 3a3fb883b1..89bd315f37 100644
--- a/package/cairo/Config.in
+++ b/package/cairo/Config.in
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO_PNG
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO_SCRIPT
 	bool "script support"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO_PNG
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO_SVG
 	bool "svg support"
diff --git a/package/cairo/cairo.mk b/package/cairo/cairo.mk
index 8885ab0dc0..b3fc4385e6 100644
--- a/package/cairo/cairo.mk
+++ b/package/cairo/cairo.mk
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO_SCRIPT),y)
 	CAIRO_CONF_OPT += --enable-script
-	CAIRO_DEPENDENCIES += zlib
 else
 	CAIRO_CONF_OPT += --disable-script
 endif