diff --git a/packages/multimedia/imx-vpu/package.mk b/packages/multimedia/imx-vpu/package.mk
index b719eb6cdb..0b34079c2e 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/imx-vpu/package.mk
+++ b/packages/multimedia/imx-vpu/package.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="arm"
 PKG_LICENSE="other"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.freescale.com"
 PKG_URL="$DISTRO_SRC/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain firmware-imx"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="multimedia"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="imx-vpu: platform specific unit tests for mxc platform"
diff --git a/projects/Cuboxi/options b/projects/Cuboxi/options
index 0dbb5b78fc..2b32adc220 100644
--- a/projects/Cuboxi/options
+++ b/projects/Cuboxi/options
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
 # additional Firmware to use (dvb-firmware, misc-firmware, wlan-firmware)
 # Space separated list is supported,
 # e.g. FIRMWARE="dvb-firmware misc-firmware wlan-firmware"
-  FIRMWARE="firmware-imx misc-firmware wlan-firmware dvb-firmware"
+  FIRMWARE="misc-firmware wlan-firmware dvb-firmware"
 
 # build with lm_sensors hardware monitoring support (yes / no)
   SENSOR_SUPPORT="yes"