diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/image_types_wic.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/image_types_wic.bbclass
index 3f25b7912b26..b00b5155475d 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/image_types_wic.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/image_types_wic.bbclass
@@ -120,9 +120,8 @@ do_image_wic[depends] += "${@' '.join('%s:do_populate_sysroot' % r for r in ('wi
 do_image_wic[recrdeptask] += "do_deploy"
 do_image_wic[deptask] += "do_image_complete"
 
-WKS_FILE_DEPENDS_DEFAULT = '${@bb.utils.contains_any("BUILD_ARCH", [ 'x86_64', 'i686' ], "syslinux-native", "",d)}'
 # Unified kernel images need objcopy
-WKS_FILE_DEPENDS_DEFAULT += "virtual/cross-binutils"
+WKS_FILE_DEPENDS_DEFAULT = "virtual/cross-binutils"
 WKS_FILE_DEPENDS_BOOTLOADERS = ""
 WKS_FILE_DEPENDS_BOOTLOADERS:aarch64 = "grub-efi systemd-boot"
 WKS_FILE_DEPENDS_BOOTLOADERS:arm = "systemd-boot"
diff --git a/meta/conf/wic-helper-tools.inc b/meta/conf/wic-helper-tools.inc
index 66f2f1b2bddc..0ee4aaee6a89 100644
--- a/meta/conf/wic-helper-tools.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/wic-helper-tools.inc
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ WIC_HELPER_TOOLS ?= "\
 
 WIC_HELPER_TOOLS_NATIVE_ONLY ?= "cdrtools"
 WIC_HELPER_TOOLS_DEPENDS = "${@' '.join('%s-native' % t for t in (d.getVar('WIC_HELPER_TOOLS') + ' ' + d.getVar('WIC_HELPER_TOOLS_NATIVE_ONLY')).split())}"
+WIC_HELPER_TOOLS_DEPENDS:append:x86 = " syslinux-native"
+WIC_HELPER_TOOLS_DEPENDS:append:x86-64 = " syslinux-native"
+WIC_HELPER_TOOLS_DEPENDS:append:x86-x32 = " syslinux-native"
 
 WIC_HELPER_TOOLS_PACKAGE_ONLY ?= "e2fsprogs-resize2fs"
 WIC_HELPER_TOOLS_RDEPENDS = "${WIC_HELPER_TOOLS} ${WIC_HELPER_TOOLS_PACKAGE_ONLY}"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/meta/wic-tools.bb b/meta/recipes-core/meta/wic-tools.bb
index c3c39cec011d..22d530e42300 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/meta/wic-tools.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/meta/wic-tools.bb
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ DEPENDS = "\
            grub-native pseudo-native \
            virtual/cross-binutils \
            "
-DEPENDS:append:x86 = " syslinux-native"
-DEPENDS:append:x86-64 = " syslinux-native"
-DEPENDS:append:x86-x32 = " syslinux-native"
-
 INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"
 
 PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"