--- a/src/drivers/drivers.mak
+++ b/src/drivers/drivers.mak
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ NEED_SME=y
 NEED_AP_MLME=y
 NEED_NETLINK=y
 NEED_LINUX_IOCTL=y
-NEED_RFKILL=y
 NEED_RADIOTAP=y
 NEED_LIBNL=y
 endif
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@ DRV_WPA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_DRIVER_WEXT
 CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXTENSION=y
 NEED_NETLINK=y
 NEED_LINUX_IOCTL=y
-NEED_RFKILL=y
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_DRIVER_NDIS
@@ -133,7 +131,6 @@ endif
 ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXTENSION
 DRV_WPA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_WIRELESS_EXTENSION
 DRV_WPA_OBJS += ../src/drivers/driver_wext.o
-NEED_RFKILL=y
 endif
 
 ifdef NEED_NETLINK
@@ -142,6 +139,7 @@ endif
 
 ifdef NEED_RFKILL
 DRV_OBJS += ../src/drivers/rfkill.o
+DRV_WPA_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_RFKILL
 endif
 
 ifdef NEED_RADIOTAP
--- a/src/drivers/rfkill.h
+++ b/src/drivers/rfkill.h
@@ -18,8 +18,24 @@ struct rfkill_config {
 	void (*unblocked_cb)(void *ctx);
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RFKILL
 struct rfkill_data * rfkill_init(struct rfkill_config *cfg);
 void rfkill_deinit(struct rfkill_data *rfkill);
 int rfkill_is_blocked(struct rfkill_data *rfkill);
+#else
+static inline struct rfkill_data * rfkill_init(struct rfkill_config *cfg)
+{
+	return (void *) 1;
+}
+
+static inline void rfkill_deinit(struct rfkill_data *rfkill)
+{
+}
+
+static inline int rfkill_is_blocked(struct rfkill_data *rfkill)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
 
 #endif /* RFKILL_H */