diff --git a/src/base/BUILD.gn b/src/base/BUILD.gn
index 5bb0ee73be..d42e60f7d5 100644
--- a/src/base/BUILD.gn
+++ b/src/base/BUILD.gn
@@ -1936,6 +1936,9 @@ mixed_component("base") {
     # partition_alloc code if use_partition_alloc = false because no code uses
     # partition_alloc.
     public_deps += [ "allocator/partition_allocator:partition_alloc" ]
+    if (current_os == "openwrt") {
+      public_deps -= [ "allocator/partition_allocator:partition_alloc" ]
+    }
   }
 
   # Windows.