diff --git a/package/fbterm/fbterm.mk b/package/fbterm/fbterm.mk
index 712d4f97fa..9964827801 100644
--- a/package/fbterm/fbterm.mk
+++ b/package/fbterm/fbterm.mk
@@ -10,12 +10,6 @@ FBTERM_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 FBTERM_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 FBTERM_DEPENDENCIES = fontconfig liberation
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),yy)
-# fontconfig uses pthreads if available, but fbterm forgets to link
-# with it breaking static builds
-FBTERM_CONF_ENV += LIBS='-lpthread'
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GPM),y)
 FBTERM_DEPENDENCIES += gpm
 FBTERM_CONF_OPTS += --enable-gpm