diff --git a/package/python-beautifulsoup4/Config.in b/package/python-beautifulsoup4/Config.in
index eb7d2ba673..93fa540a73 100644
--- a/package/python-beautifulsoup4/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-beautifulsoup4/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_BEAUTIFULSOUP4
 	bool "python-beautifulsoup4"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SOUPSIEVE # runtime
 	help
 	  Beautiful Soup is a Python library for pulling data out of
diff --git a/package/python-pytablereader/Config.in b/package/python-pytablereader/Config.in
index e6b2a4a306..2642d3fdad 100644
--- a/package/python-pytablereader/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-pytablereader/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYTABLEREADER
 	bool "python-pytablereader"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3 # python-mbstrdecoder, python-pathpy
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3 # python-mbstrdecoder, python-pathpy, python-beautifulsoup4
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_BEAUTIFULSOUP4 # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_DATAPROPERTY # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_JSONSCHEMA # runtime