diff --git a/package/gtkmm3/Config.in b/package/gtkmm3/Config.in
index 8859f6e5c9..ef62a1f9eb 100644
--- a/package/gtkmm3/Config.in
+++ b/package/gtkmm3/Config.in
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-comment "gtkmm3 needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, gcc >= 4.8"
+comment "gtkmm3 needs libgtk3 and a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, gcc >= 4.8"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 || !BR2_USE_WCHAR \
-		|| !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-
-comment "gtkmm3 needs an OpenGL EGL backend"
-	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL
+		|| !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3 \
+		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GTKMM3
 	bool "gtkmm3"
@@ -20,11 +18,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GTKMM3
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # *mm/libgtk3 -> libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # *mm/libgtk3 -> libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # *mm/libgtk3 -> libglib2
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL # libgtk3 -> libepoxy
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ATKMM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CAIROMM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GLIBMM
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSIGC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PANGOMM
 	help