diff --git a/net/bridge/Makefile b/net/bridge/Makefile
index 29b6e2a8ca9e3153197f9f50eb2b657f90b68974..8590b942bffa62a11d23c4e7a0666c9564d310c1 100644
--- a/net/bridge/Makefile
+++ b/net/bridge/Makefile
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ bridge-$(CONFIG_BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING) += br_multicast.o br_mdb.o
 
 bridge-$(CONFIG_BRIDGE_VLAN_FILTERING) += br_vlan.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER) += netfilter/
+obj-$(CONFIG_NETFILTER) += netfilter/
diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/bridge/netfilter/Kconfig
index 3baf29d34e62fb09a02e9028bea402a94874c3b3..629dc77874a9975feed56bb7b6abefad76cfad94 100644
--- a/net/bridge/netfilter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/Kconfig
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 #
 #
 menuconfig NF_TABLES_BRIDGE
-	depends on NF_TABLES
-	select BRIDGE_NETFILTER
+	depends on BRIDGE && NETFILTER && NF_TABLES
 	tristate "Ethernet Bridge nf_tables support"
 
 if NF_TABLES_BRIDGE
@@ -19,9 +18,7 @@ endif # NF_TABLES_BRIDGE
 
 menuconfig BRIDGE_NF_EBTABLES
 	tristate "Ethernet Bridge tables (ebtables) support"
-	depends on BRIDGE && NETFILTER
-	select BRIDGE_NETFILTER
-	select NETFILTER_XTABLES
+	depends on BRIDGE && NETFILTER && NETFILTER_XTABLES
 	help
 	  ebtables is a general, extensible frame/packet identification
 	  framework. Say 'Y' or 'M' here if you want to do Ethernet