diff --git a/package/e2tools/Config.in b/package/e2tools/Config.in
index 75029f74aa..e4a35e27f4 100644
--- a/package/e2tools/Config.in
+++ b/package/e2tools/Config.in
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_E2TOOLS
 	bool "e2tools"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # uses wchar_t
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # e2fsprogs
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS
 	help
 	  E2tools is a simple set of GPL'ed utilities to read, write,
 	  and manipulate files in an ext2/ext3 filesystem. These
diff --git a/package/easydbus/Config.in b/package/easydbus/Config.in
index 51519d61d2..1fe8689ccd 100644
--- a/package/easydbus/Config.in
+++ b/package/easydbus/Config.in
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_EASYDBUS
 	bool "easydbus"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libglib2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	help
 	  Easy to use DBus library for Lua.
 
diff --git a/package/ecryptfs-utils/Config.in b/package/ecryptfs-utils/Config.in
index cb70e000ae..078ca36286 100644
--- a/package/ecryptfs-utils/Config.in
+++ b/package/ecryptfs-utils/Config.in
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ECRYPTFS_UTILS
 	bool "ecryptfs-utils"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_KEYUTILS
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNSS
-	# runtime dependency only, some scripts are using the
-	# 'gettext' program to get translations
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT
-	# runtime dependency only
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETENT
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # gettext
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # keyutils
 	depends on !BR2_microblaze # keyutils
@@ -14,6 +7,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ECRYPTFS_UTILS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNSPR_ARCH_SUPPORT # libnss -> libnspr
 	depends on !BR2_MIPS_NABI32 # libnss
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libnss, keyutils
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_KEYUTILS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNSS
+	# runtime dependency only, some scripts are using the
+	# 'gettext' program to get translations
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT
+	# runtime dependency only
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETENT
 	help
 	  eCryptfs is a POSIX-compliant enterprise cryptographic
 	  filesystem for Linux. It is stacked on top of any other
diff --git a/package/efivar/Config.in b/package/efivar/Config.in
index 0ec836007b..0fa9adf387 100644
--- a/package/efivar/Config.in
+++ b/package/efivar/Config.in
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_EFIVAR_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	bool
+	default y
 	depends on BR2_arm || BR2_aarch64 || BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64 \
 		|| BR2_powerpc64le || BR2_mipsel || BR2_mips64el
-	default y
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_EFIVAR
 	bool "efivar"
diff --git a/package/elfutils/Config.in b/package/elfutils/Config.in
index 7db84724b5..32283198e6 100644
--- a/package/elfutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/elfutils/Config.in
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ comment "elfutils needs a uClibc or glibc toolchain w/ wchar, dynamic library"
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ELFUTILS
 	bool "elfutils"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_ARGP_STANDALONE if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	# Only glibc and uClibc implement the myriad of required GNUisms
@@ -15,6 +12,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ELFUTILS
 	# build issue caused by the _ prefix used on blackfin for
 	# assembly symbols
 	depends on !BR2_bfin
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ARGP_STANDALONE if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT
 	help
 	  Libraries/utilities to handle ELF objects (drop in
 	  replacement for libelf).
diff --git a/package/execline/Config.in b/package/execline/Config.in
index 556f9a5c2e..7a2278fa5a 100644
--- a/package/execline/Config.in
+++ b/package/execline/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_EXECLINE
 	bool "execline"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_SKALIBS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # skalibs
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_SKALIBS
 	help
 	  execline is a (non-interactive) scripting language, like sh;
 	  but its syntax is quite different from a traditional shell
diff --git a/package/exiv2/Config.in b/package/exiv2/Config.in
index 8ca95ebcaf..a94e5cd8f8 100644
--- a/package/exiv2/Config.in
+++ b/package/exiv2/Config.in
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_EXIV2_PNG
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_EXIV2_XMP
 	bool "XMP support"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
 	help
 	  Build with XMP support