diff --git a/package/gnutls/Config.in b/package/gnutls/Config.in
index ef995d21d2..61b4b239ff 100644
--- a/package/gnutls/Config.in
+++ b/package/gnutls/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS
 	bool "gnutls"
 	# https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/issues/203
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTASN1
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NETTLE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
@@ -24,5 +23,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS_TOOLS
 
 endif
 
-comment "gnutls needs a toolchain w/ wchar, dynamic library"
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+comment "gnutls needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
diff --git a/package/libmicrohttpd/Config.in b/package/libmicrohttpd/Config.in
index 7f3c9bb8fd..f3386a63f2 100644
--- a/package/libmicrohttpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/libmicrohttpd/Config.in
@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMICROHTTPD
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMICROHTTPD_SSL
 	bool "https support"
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # gnutls
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS
 	help
 	  Enable HTTPS (SSL) support.
 
-comment "libmicrohttpd https support needs a toolchain w/ wchar, dynamic library"
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+comment "libmicrohttpd https support needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 
 endif
 
diff --git a/package/libsoup/Config.in b/package/libsoup/Config.in
index 236d3c428a..f583322913 100644
--- a/package/libsoup/Config.in
+++ b/package/libsoup/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSOUP
 	bool "libsoup"
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # glib2 and gnutls
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # glib2
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # glib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # glib2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2
diff --git a/package/taskd/Config.in b/package/taskd/Config.in
index 19d123fb59..c068b34724 100644
--- a/package/taskd/Config.in
+++ b/package/taskd/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_TASKD
 	bool "taskd"
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # gnutls
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # gnutls
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS
diff --git a/package/vpnc/Config.in b/package/vpnc/Config.in
index 6455b0d87a..b988ba342b 100644
--- a/package/vpnc/Config.in
+++ b/package/vpnc/Config.in
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_VPNC
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPG_ERROR_ARCH_SUPPORTS # libgcrypt
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # gnutls
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # gnutls
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPG_ERROR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS
@@ -16,6 +15,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_VPNC
 
 	  http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/vpnc
 
-comment "vpnc needs a toolchain w/ wchar, dynamic library"
+comment "vpnc needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS