diff --git a/package/php-amqp/Config.in b/package/php-amqp/Config.in
index dc779f0ee0..48fff91d4d 100644
--- a/package/php-amqp/Config.in
+++ b/package/php-amqp/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_AMQP
 	bool "php-amqp"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PHP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # rabbitmq-c
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL # rabbitmq-c: amqp_ssl_socket.h
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_RABBITMQ_C
diff --git a/package/php-geoip/Config.in b/package/php-geoip/Config.in
index adb20466fc..35c6c1c362 100644
--- a/package/php-geoip/Config.in
+++ b/package/php-geoip/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_GEOIP
 	bool "php-geoip"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PHP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GEOIP
 	help
 	  PHP GeoIP-based IP address mapper to geographical places.
diff --git a/package/php-gnupg/Config.in b/package/php-gnupg/Config.in
index 113017d02a..8cc8bb9f3c 100644
--- a/package/php-gnupg/Config.in
+++ b/package/php-gnupg/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_GNUPG
 	bool "php-gnupg"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PHP
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPG_ERROR_ARCH_SUPPORTS # ligpgme
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libassuan
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPGME
diff --git a/package/php-imagick/Config.in b/package/php-imagick/Config.in
index f759eea2f5..488e375849 100644
--- a/package/php-imagick/Config.in
+++ b/package/php-imagick/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_IMAGICK
 	bool "php-imagick"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PHP
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # imagemagick
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # imagemagick
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_IMAGEMAGICK
@@ -11,5 +10,4 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_IMAGICK
 
 comment "php-imagemagick needs a toolchain w/ threads"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PHP
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/php-ssh2/Config.in b/package/php-ssh2/Config.in
index b457900740..5a23114baf 100644
--- a/package/php-ssh2/Config.in
+++ b/package/php-ssh2/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_SSH2
 	bool "php-ssh2"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PHP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSSH2
 	help
 	  PHP bindings for the libssh2 library.
diff --git a/package/php-yaml/Config.in b/package/php-yaml/Config.in
index 8d09ce28f3..28f917fe60 100644
--- a/package/php-yaml/Config.in
+++ b/package/php-yaml/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_YAML
 	bool "php-yaml"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PHP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBYAML
 	help
 	  PHP YAML-1.1 parser and emitter.
diff --git a/package/php-zmq/Config.in b/package/php-zmq/Config.in
index 058f93d9a8..37be17792a 100644
--- a/package/php-zmq/Config.in
+++ b/package/php-zmq/Config.in
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ comment "php-zmq needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_ZMQ
 	bool "php-zmq"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PHP
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZEROMQ