diff --git a/package/dtc/dtc.mk b/package/dtc/dtc.mk
index 1188e954b2..0ed914ba41 100644
--- a/package/dtc/dtc.mk
+++ b/package/dtc/dtc.mk
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ HOST_DTC_MAKE_OPTS = \
 	NO_VALGRIND=1 \
 	NO_YAML=1
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBYAML),y)
+DTC_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf libyaml
+else
+DTC_MAKE_OPTS += NO_YAML=1
+endif
+
 define DTC_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_RM_DTDIFF
 	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/dtdiff
 endef
@@ -36,10 +42,6 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BASH),)
 DTC_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += DTC_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_RM_DTDIFF
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBYAML),y)
-DTC_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf libyaml
-endif
-
 else # $(BR2_PACKAGE_DTC_PROGRAMS) != y
 
 DTC_INSTALL_GOAL = install-lib