diff --git a/package/binutils/Config.in b/package/binutils/Config.in
index e1f77e5fa..44e7ae013 100644
--- a/package/binutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/binutils/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BINUTILS
 	bool "binutils"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE
-	depends on !BR2_aarch64
+	depends on !BR2_aarch64 && !BR2_nios2
 	help
 	  Install binutils on the target
 
diff --git a/package/dropwatch/Config.in b/package/dropwatch/Config.in
index ac0cc3e0b..0c9aca6a6 100644
--- a/package/dropwatch/Config.in
+++ b/package/dropwatch/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DROPWATCH
 	bool "dropwatch"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BINUTILS
-	depends on !BR2_aarch64 # binutils
+	depends on !BR2_aarch64 && !BR2_nios2 # binutils
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNL
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libnl
diff --git a/package/oprofile/Config.in b/package/oprofile/Config.in
index dff2a8cae..2f223c05b 100644
--- a/package/oprofile/Config.in
+++ b/package/oprofile/Config.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPROFILE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BINUTILS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPFM4 if BR2_powerpc
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on !BR2_aarch64 # binutils
+	depends on !BR2_aarch64 && !BR2_nios2 # binutils
 	# libpfm4 is needed on PowerPC, and requires thread support
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_powerpc
 	help