diff --git a/package/php/php.mk b/package/php/php.mk
index b95ceb5c9d..338361f58a 100644
--- a/package/php/php.mk
+++ b/package/php/php.mk
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_CURL),y)
-PHP_CONF_OPTS += --with-curl=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
+PHP_CONF_OPTS += --with-curl
 PHP_DEPENDENCIES += libcurl
 endif