diff --git a/package/kernel/modules/001-depends.mk b/package/kernel/modules/001-depends.mk
index 61d892198e..5bba0870ee 100644
--- a/package/kernel/modules/001-depends.mk
+++ b/package/kernel/modules/001-depends.mk
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 # XXX: xburst has CONFIG_CRC16=y because of CONFIG_UBIFS_FS=y
 
 define SetDepends/crc16
-  DEPENDS:= @!TARGET_xburst
+  DEPENDS:= @!(LINUX_2_4||TARGET_xburst)
 endef
 
 define AddDepends/crc16
-  DEPENDS+= +!TARGET_xburst:kmod-crc16 $(1)
+  DEPENDS+= +!(LINUX_2_4||TARGET_xburst):kmod-crc16 $(1)
 endef