diff --git a/package/cracklib/cracklib.mk b/package/cracklib/cracklib.mk
index be1b50f138..91d510ff34 100644
--- a/package/cracklib/cracklib.mk
+++ b/package/cracklib/cracklib.mk
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ else
 CRACKLIB_CONF_OPTS += --without-zlib
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON)$(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),y)
 CRACKLIB_CONF_OPTS += --with-python
-CRACKLIB_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),python,python3)
+CRACKLIB_DEPENDENCIES += python
 else
 CRACKLIB_CONF_OPTS += --without-python
 endif