1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.5.5.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.5.5.bb
index 8150dd6997..d458d32e60 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.5.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.5.5.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require recipes-devtools/python/python.inc
 
-DEPENDS = "python3-native libffi bzip2 gdbm openssl readline sqlite3 zlib virtual/libintl xz"
+DEPENDS = "python3-native libffi bzip2 gdbm openssl sqlite3 zlib virtual/libintl xz"
 
 PR = "${INC_PR}.0"
 PYTHON_MAJMIN = "3.5"
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ export CROSSPYTHONPATH = "${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dy
 # No ctypes option for python 3
 PYTHONLSBOPTS = ""
 
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "readline"
+PACKAGECONFIG[readline] = ",,readline"
+
 do_configure_append() {
         rm -f ${S}/Makefile.orig
         autoreconf -Wcross --verbose --install --force --exclude=autopoint ../Python-${PV}/Modules/_ctypes/libffi