diff --git a/package/network/utils/iwinfo/Makefile b/package/network/utils/iwinfo/Makefile
index 9124e5fa07..3802d8d614 100644
--- a/package/network/utils/iwinfo/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/utils/iwinfo/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libiwinfo
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL=$(PROJECT_GIT)/project/iwinfo.git
@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=f33779035153da6bd0b2f100f402f62f1554ab87ed6fbbd938d41df6b9947a1
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Jo-Philipp Wich <jo@mein.io>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
 
-PKG_FLAGS := nonshared
-
-PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS := \
-	CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-brcm-wl \
-	CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-brcm-wl-mini \
-	CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-brcm-wl-mimo \
-	CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-cfg80211
-
 IWINFO_ABI_VERSION:=20210430
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
@@ -34,13 +26,13 @@ define Package/libiwinfo
   SECTION:=libs
   CATEGORY:=Libraries
   TITLE:=Generalized Wireless Information Library (iwinfo)
-  DEPENDS:=+PACKAGE_kmod-cfg80211:libnl-tiny +libuci +libubus
+  DEPENDS:=+libnl-tiny +libuci +libubus
   ABI_VERSION:=$(IWINFO_ABI_VERSION)
 endef
 
 define Package/libiwinfo/description
-  Wireless information library with consistent interface for proprietary Broadcom,
-  nl80211 and wext driver interfaces.
+  Wireless information library with simplified API for nl80211
+  and wext driver interfaces.
 endef
 
 
@@ -73,12 +65,6 @@ endef
 define Build/Configure
 endef
 
-IWINFO_BACKENDS := \
-	$(if $(CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-brcm-wl),wl) \
-	$(if $(CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-brcm-wl-mini),wl) \
-	$(if $(CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-brcm-wl-mimo),wl) \
-	$(if $(CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-cfg80211),nl80211)
-
 TARGET_CFLAGS += \
 	-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/libnl-tiny \
 	-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include \
@@ -88,7 +74,7 @@ MAKE_FLAGS += \
 	FPIC="$(FPIC)" \
 	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
 	LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
-	BACKENDS="$(IWINFO_BACKENDS)" \
+	BACKENDS="nl80211" \
 	SOVERSION="$(IWINFO_ABI_VERSION)"
 
 define Build/InstallDev