diff --git a/Makefile.dep b/Makefile.dep
index 5899c45147..f2b92c23d1 100644
--- a/Makefile.dep
+++ b/Makefile.dep
@@ -26,14 +26,6 @@ ifneq (,$(filter ssp,$(USEMODULE)))
   FEATURES_REQUIRED += ssp
 endif
 
-ifneq (,$(filter ndn-riot,$(USEPKG)))
-  USEMODULE += gnrc
-  USEMODULE += xtimer
-  USEMODULE += random
-  USEMODULE += hashes
-  USEPKG += micro-ecc
-endif
-
 ifneq (,$(filter csma_sender,$(USEMODULE)))
   USEMODULE += random
   USEMODULE += xtimer
diff --git a/pkg/ndn-riot/Makefile.dep b/pkg/ndn-riot/Makefile.dep
index d901a01642..1e70ba61e2 100644
--- a/pkg/ndn-riot/Makefile.dep
+++ b/pkg/ndn-riot/Makefile.dep
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 USEMODULE += ndn-encoding
+USEMODULE += gnrc
+USEMODULE += xtimer
+USEMODULE += random
+USEMODULE += hashes
+USEPKG += micro-ecc
 
 # Blacklist platforms using nimble_netif with gnrc netif, e.g providing
 # ble_nimble: NimBLE and ndn-riot use different crypto libraries that have