diff --git a/src/drivers/drivers.mak b/src/drivers/drivers.mak
index c4f5f9744..c1bfff1f3 100644
--- a/src/drivers/drivers.mak
+++ b/src/drivers/drivers.mak
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ else
   endif
 
   ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL20
-    DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl
+    ifndef CONFIG_LIBNL_TINY
+      DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl
+    endif
     DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LIBNL20
   endif
 endif
diff --git a/src/drivers/drivers.mk b/src/drivers/drivers.mk
index 0a05a2447..0444e5239 100644
--- a/src/drivers/drivers.mk
+++ b/src/drivers/drivers.mk
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ else
   endif
 
   ifdef CONFIG_LIBNL20
-    DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl
+    ifndef CONFIG_LIBNL_TINY
+      DRV_LIBS += -lnl-genl
+    endif
     DRV_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_LIBNL20
   endif
 endif