diff --git a/package/kodi/Config.in b/package/kodi/Config.in
index e8efd72bf5..cd58cf2901 100644
--- a/package/kodi/Config.in
+++ b/package/kodi/Config.in
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_KODI
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLU if BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_GL_EGL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPLIST
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSAMPLERATE
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXSLT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LZO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
diff --git a/package/kodi/kodi.mk b/package/kodi/kodi.mk
index 7341cc39df..4c7a2e8088 100644
--- a/package/kodi/kodi.mk
+++ b/package/kodi/kodi.mk
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ KODI_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	libfribidi \
 	libplist \
 	libsamplerate \
-	libxml2 \
-	libxslt \
 	lzo \
 	ncurses \
 	openssl \
@@ -183,6 +181,13 @@ else
 KODI_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_CAP=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXSLT),yy)
+KODI_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_XSLT=ON
+KODI_DEPENDENCIES += libxml2 libxslt
+else
+KODI_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_XSLT=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_BLUEZ),y)
 KODI_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_BLUETOOTH=ON
 KODI_DEPENDENCIES += bluez5_utils