diff --git a/packages/linux/meta b/packages/linux/meta
index 7b868d8cae..ab71b03517 100644
--- a/packages/linux/meta
+++ b/packages/linux/meta
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.kernel.org"
 PKG_URL="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
 #PKG_URL="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/testing/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="busybox linux-drivers linux-firmware pciutils"
+PKG_DEPENDS="busybox linux-drivers linux-firmware pciutils $BOOTLOADER"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain module-init-tools xz cpio pciutils"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="linux"
@@ -40,11 +40,3 @@ if [ "$LINUX" = "ti-omap4" ]; then
   PKG_VERSION="2.6.38-ti-omap4"
   PKG_URL="$DISTRO_SRC/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 fi
-
-if [ "$BOOTLOADER" = "atv-bootloader" ]; then
-  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS atv-bootloader"
-fi
-
-if [ "$BOOTLOADER" = "bcm2835-bootloader" ]; then
-  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS bcm2835-bootloader"
-fi