host-pkgconf \
        berkeleydb \
        $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BZIP2),bzip2) \
+       $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_ELFUTILS),elfutils) \
        file \
        popt \
        $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_XZ),xz) \
 RPM_CONF_OPTS += --without-selinux
 endif
 
-# For the elfutils and binutils dependencies, there are no
-# configuration options to explicitly enable/disable them.
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ELFUTILS),y)
-RPM_DEPENDENCIES += elfutils
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BINUTILS),y)
-RPM_DEPENDENCIES += binutils
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZSTD),y)
 RPM_DEPENDENCIES += zstd
 RPM_CONF_OPTS += --enable-zstd