diff --git a/package/confd/confd.mk b/package/confd/confd.mk
index 3748b74b..5cdbb72b 100644
--- a/package/confd/confd.mk
+++ b/package/confd/confd.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ CONFD_SITE = $(BR2_EXTERNAL_INFIX_PATH)/src/confd
 CONFD_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 CONFD_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 CONFD_REDISTRIBUTE = NO
-CONFD_DEPENDENCIES = host-sysrepo augeas jansson libite sysrepo libsrx libglib2
+CONFD_DEPENDENCIES = host-sysrepo sysrepo netopeer2 augeas jansson libite sysrepo libsrx libglib2
 CONFD_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 CONFD_SYSREPO_SHM_PREFIX = sr_buildroot$(subst /,_,$(CONFIG_DIR))_confd
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ else
 CONFD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-containers
 endif
 
-
-CONFD_MAKE_ENV = \
-	SYSREPOCTL_EXECUTABLE=$(HOST_DIR)/bin/sysrepoctl \
-	SYSREPO_SHM_PREFIX=$(CONFD_SYSREPO_SHM_PREFIX)
-
 define CONFD_INSTALL_EXTRA
 	cp $(CONFD_PKGDIR)/confd.conf  $(FINIT_D)/available/
 	ln -sf ../available/confd.conf $(FINIT_D)/enabled/confd.conf