diff --git a/package/libuci/libuci.mk b/package/libuci/libuci.mk
index ff5087429b..31623a27d1 100644
--- a/package/libuci/libuci.mk
+++ b/package/libuci/libuci.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LIBUCI_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1
 LIBUCI_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBUCI_DEPENDENCIES = libubox
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_USE_MMU)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1),yy)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_1),y)
 LIBUCI_DEPENDENCIES += lua
 LIBUCI_CONF_OPT += -DLUAPATH=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/lua/5.1 \
 	-DLUA_CFLAGS=-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include