diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index e5de1b7284..c42c4a470a 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_VIM),vim) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_WGET),wget) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_WHOIS),whois)
 
diff --git a/package/vim/vim.mk b/package/vim/vim.mk
index 0c02ead7b5..dbf71c573f 100644
--- a/package/vim/vim.mk
+++ b/package/vim/vim.mk
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@
 
 VIM_VERSION = v8.1.0133
 VIM_SITE = $(call github,vim,vim,$(VIM_VERSION))
-# Win over busybox vi since vim is more feature-rich
-VIM_DEPENDENCIES = \
-	ncurses $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),busybox)
+VIM_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 VIM_SUBDIR = src
 VIM_CONF_ENV = \
 	vim_cv_toupper_broken=no \