diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index 817f7a9c63..45153731af 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_UNZIP),unzip) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_USBUTILS),usbutils) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX),util-linux) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_VIM),vim) \
diff --git a/package/unzip/unzip.mk b/package/unzip/unzip.mk
index 7d48d25309..cff5951ac0 100644
--- a/package/unzip/unzip.mk
+++ b/package/unzip/unzip.mk
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 UNZIP_VERSION = 60
 UNZIP_SOURCE = unzip$(UNZIP_VERSION).tgz
 UNZIP_SITE = ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/src
-# take precedence over busybox implementation
-UNZIP_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),busybox)
 UNZIP_LICENSE = Info-ZIP
 UNZIP_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE