diff --git a/src/drivers/drivers.mak b/src/drivers/drivers.mak
index 1496b47d0..56af048d1 100644
--- a/src/drivers/drivers.mak
+++ b/src/drivers/drivers.mak
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_DRIVER_MACSEC_LINUX
 DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_DRIVER_MACSEC_LINUX
 DRV_OBJS += ../src/drivers/driver_macsec_linux.o
 NEED_DRV_WIRED_COMMON=1
+NEED_LIBNL=y
 CONFIG_LIBNL3_ROUTE=y
 endif
 
@@ -51,37 +52,7 @@ NEED_NETLINK=y
 NEED_LINUX_IOCTL=y
 NEED_RFKILL=y
 NEED_RADIOTAP=y
-
-ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL32
-  DRV_LIBS += -lnl-3
-  DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl-3
-  DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LIBNL20
-  ifdef LIBNL_INC
-    DRV_CFLAGS += -I$(LIBNL_INC)
-  else
-    PKG_CONFIG ?= pkg-config
-    DRV_CFLAGS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags libnl-3.0)
-  endif
-ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL3_ROUTE
-  DRV_LIBS += -lnl-route-3
-  DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LIBNL3_ROUTE
-endif
-else
-  ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL_TINY
-    DRV_LIBS += -lnl-tiny
-  else
-    ifndef CONFIG_OSX
-      DRV_LIBS += -lnl
-    endif
-  endif
-
-  ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL20
-    ifndef CONFIG_LIBNL_TINY
-      DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl
-    endif
-    DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LIBNL20
-  endif
-endif
+NEED_LIBNL=y
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_DRIVER_BSD
@@ -183,26 +154,43 @@ endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_VLAN_NETLINK
 ifdef CONFIG_FULL_DYNAMIC_VLAN
+NEED_LIBNL=y
+CONFIG_LIBNL3_ROUTE=y
+endif
+endif
+
+ifdef NEED_LIBNL
 ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL32
   DRV_LIBS += -lnl-3
   DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl-3
-  DRV_LIBS += -lnl-route-3
   DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LIBNL20
+  ifdef LIBNL_INC
+    DRV_CFLAGS += -I$(LIBNL_INC)
+  else
+    PKG_CONFIG ?= pkg-config
+    DRV_CFLAGS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags libnl-3.0)
+  endif
+  ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL3_ROUTE
+    DRV_LIBS += -lnl-route-3
+    DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LIBNL3_ROUTE
+  endif
 else
   ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL_TINY
     DRV_LIBS += -lnl-tiny
   else
-    DRV_LIBS += -lnl
+    ifndef CONFIG_OSX
+      DRV_LIBS += -lnl
+    endif
   endif
 
   ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL20
-    DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl
-    DRV_LIBS += -lnl-route
+    ifndef CONFIG_LIBNL_TINY
+      DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl
+    endif
     DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LIBNL20
   endif
 endif
 endif
-endif
 
 ##### COMMON VARS
 DRV_BOTH_CFLAGS := $(DRV_CFLAGS) $(DRV_WPA_CFLAGS) $(DRV_AP_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/src/drivers/drivers.mk b/src/drivers/drivers.mk
index cd25133af..599a0b579 100644
--- a/src/drivers/drivers.mk
+++ b/src/drivers/drivers.mk
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_DRIVER_MACSEC_LINUX
 DRV_OBJS += src/drivers/driver_macsec_linux.c
 NEED_DRV_WIRED_COMMON=1
 CONFIG_LIBNL3_ROUTE=y
+NEED_LIBNL=y
 endif
 
 ifdef NEED_DRV_WIRED_COMMON
@@ -46,29 +47,7 @@ NEED_NETLINK=y
 NEED_LINUX_IOCTL=y
 NEED_RFKILL=y
 NEED_RADIOTAP=y
-
-ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL32
-  DRV_LIBS += -lnl-3
-  DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl-3
-  DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LIBNL20 -I/usr/include/libnl3
-ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL3_ROUTE
-  DRV_LIBS += -lnl-route-3
-  DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LIBNL3_ROUTE
-endif
-else
-  ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL_TINY
-    DRV_LIBS += -lnl-tiny
-  else
-    DRV_LIBS += -lnl
-  endif
-
-  ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL20
-    ifndef CONFIG_LIBNL_TINY
-      DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl
-    endif
-    DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LIBNL20
-  endif
-endif
+NEED_LIBNL=y
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_DRIVER_BSD
@@ -171,11 +150,20 @@ endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_VLAN_NETLINK
 ifdef CONFIG_FULL_DYNAMIC_VLAN
+NEED_LIBNL=y
+CONFIG_LIBNL3_ROUTE=y
+endif
+endif
+
+ifdef NEED_LIBNL
 ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL32
   DRV_LIBS += -lnl-3
   DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl-3
+  DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LIBNL20 -I/usr/include/libnl3
+ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL3_ROUTE
   DRV_LIBS += -lnl-route-3
-  DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LIBNL20
+  DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LIBNL3_ROUTE
+endif
 else
   ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL_TINY
     DRV_LIBS += -lnl-tiny
@@ -184,13 +172,13 @@ else
   endif
 
   ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL20
-    DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl
-    DRV_LIBS += -lnl-route
+    ifndef CONFIG_LIBNL_TINY
+      DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl
+    endif
     DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LIBNL20
   endif
 endif
 endif
-endif
 
 ##### COMMON VARS
 DRV_BOTH_CFLAGS := $(DRV_CFLAGS) $(DRV_WPA_CFLAGS) $(DRV_AP_CFLAGS)