diff --git a/package/make/make.mk b/package/make/make.mk
index ebfa2f0319..20702dc237 100644
--- a/package/make/make.mk
+++ b/package/make/make.mk
@@ -11,16 +11,11 @@ MAKE_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext)
 MAKE_LICENSE = GPLv3+
 MAKE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
+MAKE_CONF_OPTS = --without-guile
+
 # Disable the 'load' operation for static builds since it needs dlopen
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 MAKE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-load
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GUILE),y)
-MAKE_DEPENDENCIES += guile
-MAKE_CONF_OPTS += --with-guile
-else
-MAKE_CONF_OPTS += --without-guile
-endif
-
 $(eval $(autotools-package))