diff --git a/package/lttng-babeltrace/Config.in b/package/lttng-babeltrace/Config.in
index ce776d187..3fe1b3ac4 100644
--- a/package/lttng-babeltrace/Config.in
+++ b/package/lttng-babeltrace/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_BABELTRACE
 	bool "lttng-babeltrace"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_TOOLS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_BABELTRACE
 	  http://lttng.org
 
 comment "lttng-babeltrace needs a uclibc snapshot or (e)glib toolchain w/ wchar, threads, largefile"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_TOOLS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_LARGEFILE || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
 		|| !(BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_SNAPSHOT || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC)