diff --git a/package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.mk b/package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.mk
index 0447ecc9a0..07935a41bf 100644
--- a/package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.mk
+++ b/package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.mk
@@ -7,11 +7,8 @@
 # source included in buildroot, taken from
 # https://github.com/rfc1036/whois/blob/master/
 # at revision 5a0f08500fa51608b6d3b73ee338be38c692eadb
-HOST_MKPASSWD_SOURCE =
 HOST_MKPASSWD_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 
-HOST_MKPASSWD_VERSION = buildroot-$(BR2_VERSION)
-
 define HOST_MKPASSWD_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) \
 		package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.c package/mkpasswd/utils.c \