diff --git a/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/package.mk
index 4aac7e8dd7..f802387185 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/package.mk
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://linuxtv.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-utils/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libjpeg-turbo"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="system"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="v4l-utils: Linux V4L2 and DVB API utilities and v4l libraries (libv4l)."
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="Linux V4L2 and DVB API utilities and v4l libraries (libv4l)."
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--without-jpeg"
 PKG_MAKEINSTALL_OPTS_TARGET="PREFIX=/usr -C utils/keytable"
 
 make_target() {