diff --git a/package/bind/bind.mk b/package/bind/bind.mk
index 5a77d82b80..2a065994af 100644
--- a/package/bind/bind.mk
+++ b/package/bind/bind.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ BIND_CONF_ENV = \
 	BUILD_CC="$(TARGET_CC)" \
 	BUILD_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)"
 BIND_CONF_OPTS = \
+	--with-libjson=no \
 	--with-randomdev=/dev/urandom \
 	--enable-epoll \
 	--with-libtool \
@@ -36,13 +37,6 @@ else
 BIND_CONF_OPTS += --disable-linux-caps
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_JSON_C),y)
-BIND_CONF_OPTS += --with-libjson=yes
-BIND_DEPENDENCIES += json-c
-else
-BIND_CONF_OPTS += --with-libjson=no
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2),y)
 BIND_CONF_OPTS += --with-libxml2=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr --enable-newstats
 BIND_DEPENDENCIES += libxml2