diff --git a/package/wget/wget.mk b/package/wget/wget.mk
index e3143647d7..de03ec9cef 100644
--- a/package/wget/wget.mk
+++ b/package/wget/wget.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ WGET_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 WGET_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 WGET_CPE_ID_VENDOR = gnu
 
+WGET_CONF_OPTS += --disable-pcre
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPSL),y)
 WGET_CONF_OPTS += --with-libpsl
 WGET_DEPENDENCIES += libpsl
@@ -63,13 +65,10 @@ WGET_CONF_OPTS += --without-cares
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE2),y)
-WGET_CONF_OPTS += --disable-pcre --enable-pcre2
+WGET_CONF_OPTS += --enable-pcre2
 WGET_DEPENDENCIES += pcre2
-else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE),y)
-WGET_CONF_OPTS += --enable-pcre --disable-pcre2
-WGET_DEPENDENCIES += pcre
 else
-WGET_CONF_OPTS += --disable-pcre --disable-pcre2
+WGET_CONF_OPTS +=  --disable-pcre2
 endif
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))