diff --git a/package/libupnpp/libupnpp.mk b/package/libupnpp/libupnpp.mk
index 53dc9f6c36..c9c103d9b5 100644
--- a/package/libupnpp/libupnpp.mk
+++ b/package/libupnpp/libupnpp.mk
@@ -9,15 +9,7 @@ LIBUPNPP_SITE = http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/upmpdcli/downloads
 LIBUPNPP_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 LIBUPNPP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBUPNPP_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-LIBUPNPP_DEPENDENCIES = expat libcurl \
+LIBUPNPP_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf expat libcurl \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUPNP),libupnp,libupnp18)
 
-# configure script fails to link against the dependencies of libupnp
-# and libcurl causing detection to fail when statically linking
-ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
-LIBUPNPP_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf
-LIBUPNPP_CONF_ENV += \
-	LIBS="`$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs libupnp libcurl`"
-endif
-
 $(eval $(autotools-package))