diff --git a/package/mesa3d/Config.in b/package/mesa3d/Config.in
index 45eb62b701..a96fd46bbe 100644
--- a/package/mesa3d/Config.in
+++ b/package/mesa3d/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_1
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS if BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
@@ -138,7 +139,6 @@ comment "Gallium i915: Only one i915 provider can be built"
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_DRIVER_IRIS
 	bool "Gallium iris driver"
 	depends on BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_DRIVER
 	help
 	  Mesa driver for iris-based Intel GPUs.
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_DRIVER_TEGRA
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_DRIVER_V3D
 	bool "Gallium v3d driver"
 	depends on (BR2_arm && BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_NEON) || BR2_aarch64
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_DRIVER
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_KMSRO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM_VC4
@@ -279,7 +278,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_DRIVER_V3D
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_DRIVER_VC4
 	bool "Gallium vc4 driver"
 	depends on BR2_arm || BR2_aarch64
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_DRIVER
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_KMSRO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM_VC4
@@ -346,7 +344,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_DRI_DRIVER_SWRAST
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_DRI_DRIVER_I915
 	bool "DRI i915 driver"
 	depends on BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_DRI_DRIVER
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM_INTEL
 	help
@@ -356,7 +353,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_DRI_DRIVER_I965
 	bool "DRI i965 driver"
 	depends on BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_17 # memfd.h
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_DRI_DRIVER
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM_INTEL
 	help
@@ -395,7 +391,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_VULKAN_DRIVER_INTEL
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_17 # memfd.h
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC # ifunc, static_assert
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7 # xorgproto
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_VULKAN_DRIVER
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XORGPROTO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXSHMFENCE
diff --git a/package/mesa3d/mesa3d.mk b/package/mesa3d/mesa3d.mk
index ce1197cc99..bc277bec5a 100644
--- a/package/mesa3d/mesa3d.mk
+++ b/package/mesa3d/mesa3d.mk
@@ -19,13 +19,10 @@ MESA3D_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-bison \
 	host-flex \
 	host-python3-mako \
+	expat \
 	libdrm \
 	zlib
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT),y)
-MESA3D_DEPENDENCIES += expat
-endif
-
 MESA3D_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dgallium-omx=disabled \
 	-Dpower8=disabled