diff --git a/package/system/opkg/Makefile b/package/system/opkg/Makefile
index a65c33a078..e46c6b3a34 100644
--- a/package/system/opkg/Makefile
+++ b/package/system/opkg/Makefile
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ define Package/opkg/Default
   SECTION:=base
   CATEGORY:=Base system
   TITLE:=opkg package manager
+  DEPENDS:=+uclient-fetch
   URL:=http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Opkg
 endef
 
diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in b/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
index 75c59760c3..3df4cda4fb 100644
--- a/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
@@ -1968,7 +1968,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_FANCY_PING
 	default y
 config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_WGET
 	bool
-	default y
+	default n
 config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_WGET_STATUSBAR
 	bool
 	default y