diff --git a/package/libgtk3/Config.in b/package/libgtk3/Config.in
index 52ee50db492..e3f003d2c69 100644
--- a/package/libgtk3/Config.in
+++ b/package/libgtk3/Config.in
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3_WAYLAND
 	default y
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_17
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND # batcoera - change to depends
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXKBCOMMON
 	help
diff --git a/package/libgtk4/Config.in b/package/libgtk4/Config.in
index 6d871b8517a..2603876b48c 100644
--- a/package/libgtk4/Config.in
+++ b/package/libgtk4/Config.in
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK4_BROADWAY
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK4_WAYLAND
 	bool "Wayland GDK backend"
 	default y
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND # batcoera - change to depends
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXKBCOMMON
 	help
diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6wayland/Config.in b/package/qt6/qt6wayland/Config.in
index bda13dd12f1..2576f827f29 100644
--- a/package/qt6/qt6wayland/Config.in
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6wayland/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ comment "qt6wayland needs an OpenGL-capable backend"
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QT6WAYLAND
 	bool "qt6wayland"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT6_GL_SUPPORTS
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND # batocera - change to depends
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_QT6BASE_GUI
 	# needed because we build host-qt6wayland
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QT6BASE_GUI