diff --git a/packages/sysutils/e2fsprogs/meta b/packages/sysutils/e2fsprogs/meta
index 0984c05100..3014c7b284 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/e2fsprogs/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/e2fsprogs/meta
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="The filesystem utilities for the EXT2 filesystem, including e2fsck
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
+
+if [ "$HFSTOOLS" = "yes" ]; then
+  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS diskdev_cmds"
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/image b/scripts/image
index f35613919e..706c350fe3 100755
--- a/scripts/image
+++ b/scripts/image
@@ -112,9 +112,6 @@ mkdir -p $INSTALL
 # NTFS 3G support
   [ "$NTFS3G" = "yes" ] && $SCRIPTS/install ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs
 
-# hfs utils support
-  [ "$HFSTOOLS" = "yes" ] && $SCRIPTS/install diskdev_cmds
-
 # Apple mount (ifuse) support
   [ "$APPLEMOUNT" = "yes" ] && $SCRIPTS/install ifuse