diff --git a/linux/linux-ext-fbtft.mk b/linux/linux-ext-fbtft.mk
index 36f4fd22dd..6892c89a4e 100644
--- a/linux/linux-ext-fbtft.mk
+++ b/linux/linux-ext-fbtft.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_EXT_FBTFT),y)
 # Add dependency to fbtft package (download helper for the fbtft source)
-LINUX_DEPENDENCIES += fbtft
+LINUX_PATCH_DEPENDENCIES += fbtft
 
 # for linux >= 3.15 install to drivers/video/fbdev/fbtft
 # for linux < 3.15 install to drivers/video/fbtft
diff --git a/linux/linux-ext-rtai.mk b/linux/linux-ext-rtai.mk
index bf998d5fdd..942b430382 100644
--- a/linux/linux-ext-rtai.mk
+++ b/linux/linux-ext-rtai.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_EXT_RTAI),y)
 # Add dependency to RTAI (user-space) which provide kernel patches
-LINUX_DEPENDENCIES += rtai-patch
+LINUX_PATCH_DEPENDENCIES += rtai
 
 RTAI_PATCH = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_EXT_RTAI_PATCH))
 
diff --git a/linux/linux-ext-xenomai.mk b/linux/linux-ext-xenomai.mk
index 84d2c17f69..f6a5ffd47c 100644
--- a/linux/linux-ext-xenomai.mk
+++ b/linux/linux-ext-xenomai.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_EXT_XENOMAI),y)
 # Add dependency to xenomai (user-space) which provide ksrc part
-LINUX_DEPENDENCIES += xenomai
+LINUX_PATCH_DEPENDENCIES += xenomai
 
 # Adeos patch version
 XENOMAI_ADEOS_PATCH = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_EXT_XENOMAI_ADEOS_PATCH))