diff --git a/devel/binutils/Makefile b/devel/binutils/Makefile
index 16b39bcf6..318d38783 100644
--- a/devel/binutils/Makefile
+++ b/devel/binutils/Makefile
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ define Package/binutils/description
   The Binutils package contains a linker, an assembler, and other tools for handling object files
 endef
 
-define Package/libbfd
-  SECTION:=libs
-  CATEGORY:=Libraries
-  TITLE:=libbfd
-endef
-
 TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
 
 define Build/Configure
@@ -80,10 +74,5 @@ define Package/binutils/install
 	rm -f $(1)/usr/bin/objdump
 endef
 
-define Package/libbfd/install
-    true
-endef
-
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,binutils))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,objdump))
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libbfd))
diff --git a/devel/ksymoops/Makefile b/devel/ksymoops/Makefile
index a92d3f445..31ac06311 100644
--- a/devel/ksymoops/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ksymoops/Makefile
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@KERNEL/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/
 PKG_MD5SUM:=4a8249e182a5dbc75e566d162e9f3314
 
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=binutils
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
 define Package/ksymoops
   SECTION:=utils
   CATEGORY:=Utilities
-  DEPENDS:=@LINUX_2_6 @mips||mipsel||m68k||i386 +libbfd
+  DEPENDS:=@LINUX_2_6 @mips||mipsel||m68k||i386
   TITLE:=Interpret oops of the kernel
   URL:=http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/ksymoops/v2.4/
   MENU:=1
diff --git a/devel/oprofile/Makefile b/devel/oprofile/Makefile
index 3105f7fe3..a4efd8b75 100644
--- a/devel/oprofile/Makefile
+++ b/devel/oprofile/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/oprofile/
 PKG_MD5SUM:=82b059379895cf125261d7d773465915
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=libbfd
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=binutils
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk