diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4b494a3307..cb030d46cf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@ SHELL := $(shell if [ -x "$$BASH" ]; then echo $$BASH; \
 # build by preventing it from being forwarded to sub-make calls.
 ifneq ("$(origin O)", "command line")
 O := $(CURDIR)/output
-else
-# Strangely enough O is still passed to submakes with MAKEOVERRIDES
-# (with make 3.81 atleast), the only thing that changes is the output
-# of the origin function (command line -> environment).
-# Unfortunately some packages don't look at origin (E.G. uClibc 0.9.31+)
-# To really make O go away, we have to override it.
-override O := $(O)
 endif
 
 # Check if the current Buildroot execution meets all the pre-requisites.