diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index ce6652b017..65ce7efe95 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -141,13 +141,6 @@ define BUSYBOX_SET_INIT
 endef
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_PAM),y)
-define BUSYBOX_LINUX_PAM
-	$(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_PAM,$(BUSYBOX_BUILD_CONFIG))
-endef
-BUSYBOX_DEPENDENCIES += linux-pam
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SELINUX),y)
 BUSYBOX_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf libselinux libsepol
 define BUSYBOX_SET_SELINUX