diff --git a/package/libkrb5/libkrb5.mk b/package/libkrb5/libkrb5.mk
index 6534c069ee..d9d7160ae8 100644
--- a/package/libkrb5/libkrb5.mk
+++ b/package/libkrb5/libkrb5.mk
@@ -52,14 +52,7 @@ else
 LIBKRB5_CONF_OPTS += --without-readline
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
-# gcc on riscv doesn't define _REENTRANT when -pthread is passed while
-# it should. Compensate this deficiency here otherwise libkrb5 configure
-# script doesn't find that thread support is enabled.
-ifeq ($(BR2_riscv),y)
-LIBKRB5_CONF_ENV += CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -D_REENTRANT"
-endif
-else
+ifneq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
 LIBKRB5_CONF_OPTS += --disable-thread-support
 endif