diff --git a/graphics/microwindows/Kconfig b/graphics/microwindows/Kconfig
index 8463d791f..9d5f0cb8c 100644
--- a/graphics/microwindows/Kconfig
+++ b/graphics/microwindows/Kconfig
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ config MICROWINDOWS_KBD_EVENT
 
 config MICROWINDOWS_KBD_RAW
 	bool "Raw-mode keyboard driver"
-	depends on LIBC_KBDCODEC
+	depends on INPUT_KEYBOARD_BYTESTREAM
 	---help---
 		Reads raw byte stream from a character device (e.g., /dev/kbda)
 		and decodes escape sequences via the kbd_codec library.  Suitable
diff --git a/nshlib/Kconfig b/nshlib/Kconfig
index 8f0cd36ee..fbbb08d3b 100644
--- a/nshlib/Kconfig
+++ b/nshlib/Kconfig
@@ -1090,6 +1090,7 @@ config NSH_USBKBD
 	bool "Use USB keyboard input"
 	default n
 	depends on NSH_CONSOLE && USBHOST_HIDKBD && !NSH_USBCONSOLE
+	depends on INPUT_KEYBOARD_BYTESTREAM
 	---help---
 		Normally NSH uses the same device for stdin, stdout, and stderr.  By
 		default, that device is /dev/console.  If this option is selected,
@@ -1098,6 +1099,9 @@ config NSH_USBKBD
 		interface) and the data from the keyboard will drive NSH.  NSH
 		output (stdout and stderr) will still go to /dev/console.
 
+		NSH reads the keyboard as a stream of characters, which is what
+		INPUT_KEYBOARD_BYTESTREAM makes a keyboard device deliver.
+
 if NSH_USBKBD
 
 config NSH_USBKBD_DEVNAME