diff --git a/package/collectd/Config.in b/package/collectd/Config.in
index 20549787d4..5cdb24eed0 100644
--- a/package/collectd/Config.in
+++ b/package/collectd/Config.in
@@ -504,11 +504,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_NETWORK
 config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_RRDTOOL
 	bool "rrdtool"
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # rrdtool
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBART
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_RRDTOOL
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
 	  Writes values to RRD-files.