diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index 95fea18b50..812de14ad0 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ BUSYBOX_LDFLAGS = \
 
 # Packages that provide commands that may also be busybox applets:
 BUSYBOX_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_KMOD),kmod) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LESS),less) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LSOF),lsof) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_MTD),mtd) \
diff --git a/package/kmod/kmod.mk b/package/kmod/kmod.mk
index e1149b7b65..7c796ab19f 100644
--- a/package/kmod/kmod.mk
+++ b/package/kmod/kmod.mk
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_KMOD_TOOLS),y)
 KMOD_LICENSE := $(KMOD_LICENSE), GPL-2.0+ (tools)
 KMOD_LICENSE_FILES += COPYING
 
-# take precedence over busybox implementation
-KMOD_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),busybox)
-
 # /sbin is really /usr/sbin with merged /usr, so adjust relative symlink
 ifeq ($(BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR),y)
 KMOD_BIN_PATH = ../bin/kmod