diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index 22b798207a..1a1ed792a2 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_PSMISC),psmisc) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_RSYSLOGD),rsyslog) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_START_STOP_DAEMON),start-stop-daemon) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSKLOGD),sysklogd) \
diff --git a/package/psmisc/psmisc.mk b/package/psmisc/psmisc.mk
index 3d9a80462d..3916e34b08 100644
--- a/package/psmisc/psmisc.mk
+++ b/package/psmisc/psmisc.mk
@@ -23,9 +23,4 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SSP),)
 PSMISC_CONF_OPTS = --disable-harden-flags
 endif
 
-# build after busybox, we prefer fat versions while we're at it
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),y)
-PSMISC_DEPENDENCIES += busybox
-endif
-
 $(eval $(autotools-package))