diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/Kconfig b/lib/efi_loader/Kconfig
index 41756ea5396..68e6c2531e1 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/Kconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ config EFI_LOADER
 	# We need EFI_STUB_32BIT to be set on x86_32 with EFI_STUB
 	depends on !EFI_STUB || !X86 || X86_64 || EFI_STUB_32BIT
 	depends on BLK
-	depends on DM_ETH || !NET
 	depends on !EFI_APP
 	default y if !ARM || SYS_CPU = armv7 || SYS_CPU = armv8
 	select CHARSET
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/Makefile b/lib/efi_loader/Makefile
index f8e8afe1284..8738757dd2c 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/Makefile
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/Makefile
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ obj-y += efi_watchdog.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_ESRT) += efi_esrt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO) += efi_gop.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK) += efi_disk.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_NET) += efi_net.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NETDEVICES) += efi_net.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERATE_ACPI_TABLE) += efi_acpi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERATE_SMBIOS_TABLE) += efi_smbios.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL) += efi_rng.o
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c
index acae007f26f..d45985a7601 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ __maybe_unused static void *dp_fill(void *buf, struct udevice *dev)
 		*vdp = ROOT;
 		return &vdp[1];
 	}
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET
+#ifdef CONFIG_NETDEVICES
 	case UCLASS_ETH: {
 		struct efi_device_path_mac_addr *dp =
 			dp_fill(buf, dev->parent);
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ struct efi_device_path *efi_dp_from_uart(void)
 	return buf;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET
+#ifdef CONFIG_NETDEVICES
 struct efi_device_path *efi_dp_from_eth(void)
 {
 	void *buf, *start;
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ efi_status_t efi_dp_from_name(const char *dev, const char *devnr,
 		return EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
 
 	if (!strcmp(dev, "Net")) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET
+#ifdef CONFIG_NETDEVICES
 		if (device)
 			*device = efi_dp_from_eth();
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_setup.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_setup.c
index a340bc38806..e40f64fd0e6 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_setup.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_setup.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ efi_status_t efi_init_obj_list(void)
 		if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
 			goto out;
 	}
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET
+#ifdef CONFIG_NETDEVICES
 	ret = efi_net_register();
 	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/lib/efi_selftest/Makefile b/lib/efi_selftest/Makefile
index daac6c39682..e4d75420bff 100644
--- a/lib/efi_selftest/Makefile
+++ b/lib/efi_selftest/Makefile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ efi_selftest_variables_runtime.o \
 efi_selftest_watchdog.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_ECPT) += efi_selftest_ecpt.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_NET) += efi_selftest_snp.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NETDEVICES) += efi_selftest_snp.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_DEVICE_PATH_TO_TEXT) += efi_selftest_devicepath.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_UNICODE_COLLATION_PROTOCOL2) += \
diff --git a/net/bootp.c b/net/bootp.c
index b260d5d09e6..6c01e381532 100644
--- a/net/bootp.c
+++ b/net/bootp.c
@@ -1077,7 +1077,9 @@ static void dhcp_handler(uchar *pkt, unsigned dest, struct in_addr sip,
 			    strlen(CONFIG_SYS_BOOTFILE_PREFIX)) == 0) {
 #endif	/* CONFIG_SYS_BOOTFILE_PREFIX */
 			dhcp_packet_process_options(bp);
-			efi_net_set_dhcp_ack(pkt, len);
+			if (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(EFI_LOADER) &&
+			    CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(NET_DEVICES))
+				efi_net_set_dhcp_ack(pkt, len);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SERVERIP_FROM_PROXYDHCP)
 			if (!net_server_ip.s_addr)