diff --git a/package/bind/bind.mk b/package/bind/bind.mk
index 72f1e4dcdc..a595baabc5 100644
--- a/package/bind/bind.mk
+++ b/package/bind/bind.mk
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ BIND_CONF_OPTS += --with-gssapi=no
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2),y)
-BIND_CONF_OPTS += --with-libxml2=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
+BIND_CONF_OPTS += --with-libxml2
 BIND_DEPENDENCIES += libxml2
 else
 BIND_CONF_OPTS += --with-libxml2=no