diff --git a/package/bash/bash.mk b/package/bash/bash.mk
index bb52bf3259..7fb7192e2c 100644
--- a/package/bash/bash.mk
+++ b/package/bash/bash.mk
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
 
 BASH_VERSION = 4.4.18
 BASH_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/bash
-# Build after since bash is better than busybox shells
-BASH_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses readline host-bison \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),busybox)
+BASH_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses readline host-bison
 BASH_CONF_OPTS = --with-installed-readline --without-bash-malloc
 BASH_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 BASH_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index 75a2dc4c6d..0a9af9f17b 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_BASH),bash) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BC),bc) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BINUTILS),binutils) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COREUTILS),coreutils) \