diff --git a/package/rpm/rpm.mk b/package/rpm/rpm.mk
index 5fd7256618..75a03abf4d 100644
--- a/package/rpm/rpm.mk
+++ b/package/rpm/rpm.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ RPM_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf \
 	berkeleydb \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BZIP2),bzip2) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_ELFUTILS),elfutils) \
 	file \
 	popt \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_XZ),xz) \
@@ -82,16 +83,6 @@ else
 RPM_CONF_OPTS += --without-selinux
 endif
 
-# For the elfutils and binutils dependencies, there are no
-# configuration options to explicitly enable/disable them.
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ELFUTILS),y)
-RPM_DEPENDENCIES += elfutils
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BINUTILS),y)
-RPM_DEPENDENCIES += binutils
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZSTD),y)
 RPM_DEPENDENCIES += zstd
 RPM_CONF_OPTS += --enable-zstd