diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index 2d61927c21..8e32a58c2d 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ BUSYBOX_LDFLAGS = \
 
 # Packages that provide commands that may also be busybox applets:
 BUSYBOX_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_I2C_TOOLS),i2c-tools) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_IFENSLAVE),ifenslave) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_IFPLUGD),ifplugd) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_IFUPDOWN),ifupdown) \
diff --git a/package/i2c-tools/i2c-tools.mk b/package/i2c-tools/i2c-tools.mk
index 9ddaa72786..db26647eb5 100644
--- a/package/i2c-tools/i2c-tools.mk
+++ b/package/i2c-tools/i2c-tools.mk
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),y)
 I2C_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += python3
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),y)
-I2C_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += busybox
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 I2C_TOOLS_MAKE_OPTS += BUILD_DYNAMIC_LIB=0 USE_STATIC_LIB=1
 endif