diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dm1105/Kconfig b/drivers/media/dvb/dm1105/Kconfig
index 695239227cb7..a6ceb08f1183 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dm1105/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dm1105/Kconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ config DVB_DM1105
 	select DVB_CX24116 if !DVB_FE_CUSTOMISE
 	select DVB_SI21XX if !DVB_FE_CUSTOMISE
 	select DVB_DS3000 if !DVB_FE_CUSTOMISE
-	select VIDEO_IR
+	depends on VIDEO_IR
 	help
 	  Support for cards based on the SDMC DM1105 PCI chip like
 	  DvbWorld 2002
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/Kconfig b/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/Kconfig
index 32a7ec65ec42..debea8d1d31c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/Kconfig
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ config DVB_BUDGET_CI
 	select DVB_LNBP21 if !DVB_FE_CUSTOMISE
 	select DVB_TDA10023 if !DVB_FE_CUSTOMISE
 	select MEDIA_TUNER_TDA827X if !MEDIA_TUNER_CUSTOMISE
-	select VIDEO_IR
+	depends on VIDEO_IR
 	help
 	  Support for simple SAA7146 based DVB cards
 	  (so called Budget- or Nova-PCI cards) without onboard
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/Kconfig b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/Kconfig
index 3077c45015f5..1a4a89fdf767 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ config VIDEO_BT848
 	select I2C_ALGOBIT
 	select VIDEO_BTCX
 	select VIDEOBUF_DMA_SG
-	select VIDEO_IR
+	depends on VIDEO_IR
 	select VIDEO_TUNER
 	select VIDEO_TVEEPROM
 	select VIDEO_MSP3400 if VIDEO_HELPER_CHIPS_AUTO
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx18/Kconfig b/drivers/media/video/cx18/Kconfig
index baf7e91ee0f5..76c054d1eef9 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/cx18/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cx18/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ config VIDEO_CX18
 	depends on VIDEO_V4L2 && DVB_CORE && PCI && I2C && EXPERIMENTAL
 	depends on INPUT	# due to VIDEO_IR
 	select I2C_ALGOBIT
-	select VIDEO_IR
+	depends on VIDEO_IR
 	select VIDEO_TUNER
 	select VIDEO_TVEEPROM
 	select VIDEO_CX2341X
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx231xx/Kconfig b/drivers/media/video/cx231xx/Kconfig
index 477d4ab5e9ac..5ac7eceececa 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/cx231xx/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cx231xx/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ config VIDEO_CX231XX
 	depends on VIDEO_DEV && I2C && INPUT
 	select VIDEO_TUNER
 	select VIDEO_TVEEPROM
-	select VIDEO_IR
+	depends on VIDEO_IR
 	select VIDEOBUF_VMALLOC
 	select VIDEO_CX25840
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx88/Kconfig b/drivers/media/video/cx88/Kconfig
index c7e5851d3486..99dbae117591 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/cx88/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cx88/Kconfig
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ config VIDEO_CX88
 	select VIDEOBUF_DMA_SG
 	select VIDEO_TUNER
 	select VIDEO_TVEEPROM
-	select VIDEO_IR
+	depends on VIDEO_IR
 	select VIDEO_WM8775 if VIDEO_HELPER_CHIPS_AUTO
 	---help---
 	  This is a video4linux driver for Conexant 2388x based
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/Kconfig b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/Kconfig
index c7be0e097828..66aefd6eef55 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ config VIDEO_EM28XX
 	depends on VIDEO_DEV && I2C && INPUT
 	select VIDEO_TUNER
 	select VIDEO_TVEEPROM
-	select VIDEO_IR
+	depends on VIDEO_IR
 	select VIDEOBUF_VMALLOC
 	select VIDEO_SAA711X if VIDEO_HELPER_CHIPS_AUTO
 	select VIDEO_TVP5150 if VIDEO_HELPER_CHIPS_AUTO
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/ivtv/Kconfig b/drivers/media/video/ivtv/Kconfig
index c46bfb1569e3..be4af1fa557e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/ivtv/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/video/ivtv/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ config VIDEO_IVTV
 	depends on VIDEO_V4L2 && PCI && I2C
 	depends on INPUT   # due to VIDEO_IR
 	select I2C_ALGOBIT
-	select VIDEO_IR
+	depends on VIDEO_IR
 	select VIDEO_TUNER
 	select VIDEO_TVEEPROM
 	select VIDEO_CX2341X
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/Kconfig b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/Kconfig
index 22bfd62c9551..fda005e01670 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/Kconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ config VIDEO_SAA7134
 	tristate "Philips SAA7134 support"
 	depends on VIDEO_DEV && PCI && I2C && INPUT
 	select VIDEOBUF_DMA_SG
-	select VIDEO_IR
+	depends on VIDEO_IR
 	select VIDEO_TUNER
 	select VIDEO_TVEEPROM
 	select CRC32
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/tlg2300/Kconfig b/drivers/media/video/tlg2300/Kconfig
index 2c29ec659b4e..1686ebfa6951 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/tlg2300/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/video/tlg2300/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ config VIDEO_TLG2300
 	depends on VIDEO_DEV && I2C && INPUT && SND && DVB_CORE
 	select VIDEO_TUNER
 	select VIDEO_TVEEPROM
-	select VIDEO_IR
+	depends on VIDEO_IR
 	select VIDEOBUF_VMALLOC
 	select SND_PCM
 	select VIDEOBUF_DVB