diff --git a/package/pppd/pppd.mk b/package/pppd/pppd.mk
index d9d6244f10..25d017a84f 100644
--- a/package/pppd/pppd.mk
+++ b/package/pppd/pppd.mk
@@ -37,15 +37,6 @@ PPPD_DEPENDENCIES += libpcap
 PPPD_MAKE_OPTS += FILTER=y
 endif
 
-# pppd bundles some but not all of the needed kernel headers. The embedded
-# if_pppol2tp.h is unfortunately not compatible with kernel headers > 2.6.34,
-# and has been part of the kernel headers since 2.6.23, so drop it
-define PPPD_DROP_INTERNAL_IF_PPOL2TP_H
-	$(RM) $(@D)/include/linux/if_pppol2tp.h
-endef
-
-PPPD_POST_EXTRACT_HOOKS += PPPD_DROP_INTERNAL_IF_PPOL2TP_H
-
 # pppd defaults to /etc/ppp/resolv.conf, which not be writable and is
 # definitely not useful since the C library only uses
 # /etc/resolv.conf. Therefore, we change pppd to use /etc/resolv.conf