diff --git a/package/udev/udev.mk b/package/udev/udev.mk
index f5eeeb494..cc4a6e3a2 100644
--- a/package/udev/udev.mk
+++ b/package/udev/udev.mk
@@ -4,13 +4,4 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-UDEV_SOURCE =
-UDEV_DEPENDENCIES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_UDEV))
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV),y)
-ifeq ($(UDEV_DEPENDENCIES),)
-$(error No Udev implementation selected. Configuration error)
-endif
-endif
-
-$(eval $(generic-package))
+$(eval $(virtual-package))