diff --git a/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk b/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk
index 3204d05458..cdeb9c8f72 100644
--- a/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk
+++ b/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk
@@ -9,13 +9,7 @@ SQUASHFS_SOURCE = squashfs$(SQUASHFS_VERSION).tar.gz
 SQUASHFS_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/squashfs/squashfs/squashfs$(SQUASHFS_VERSION)
 SQUASHFS_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 SQUASHFS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ATTR),y)
-SQUASHFS_DEPENDENCIES += attr
-SQUASHFS_MAKE_ARGS += XATTR_SUPPORT=1
-else
-SQUASHFS_MAKE_ARGS += XATTR_SUPPORT=0
-endif
+SQUASHFS_MAKE_ARGS = XATTR_SUPPORT=1
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQUASHFS_LZ4),y)
 SQUASHFS_DEPENDENCIES += lz4
@@ -54,9 +48,8 @@ endif
 
 HOST_SQUASHFS_DEPENDENCIES = host-zlib host-lz4 host-lzo host-xz
 
-# no libattr/xz in BR
 HOST_SQUASHFS_MAKE_ARGS = \
-	XATTR_SUPPORT=0 \
+	XATTR_SUPPORT=1 \
 	XZ_SUPPORT=1    \
 	GZIP_SUPPORT=1  \
 	LZ4_SUPPORT=1	\