diff --git a/utils/tar/Makefile b/utils/tar/Makefile
index 80c59ca497..e204dce4f7 100644
--- a/utils/tar/Makefile
+++ b/utils/tar/Makefile
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 define Package/tar
   SECTION:=utils
   CATEGORY:=Utilities
-  DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_TAR_POSIX_ACL:libacl +PACKAGE_TAR_XATTR:libattr +PACKAGE_TAR_BZIP2:bzip2
-  EXTRA_DEPENDS:=$(if $(CONFIG_PACKAGE_TAR_XZ),xz)
+  DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_TAR_POSIX_ACL:libacl +PACKAGE_TAR_XATTR:libattr +PACKAGE_TAR_BZIP2:bzip2 +PACKAGE_TAR_XZ:xz +PACKAGE_TAR_XZ:xz-utils
   TITLE:=GNU tar
   URL:=https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
   MENU:=1
@@ -65,8 +64,6 @@ define Package/tar/config
 
 		config PACKAGE_TAR_XZ
 			bool "tar: Enable seamless xz support"
-			select PACKAGE_xz-utils
-			select PACKAGE_xz
 			default y
 
 		config PACKAGE_TAR_ZSTD