diff --git a/package/nano/nano.mk b/package/nano/nano.mk
index a86474bfb4..bde287bb32 100644
--- a/package/nano/nano.mk
+++ b/package/nano/nano.mk
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ NANO_SITE = https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v$(NANO_VERSION_MAJOR)
 NANO_SOURCE = nano-$(NANO_VERSION).tar.xz
 NANO_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 NANO_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-NANO_CONF_OPTS = \
-	--without-slang \
-	--with-wordbounds
+NANO_CONF_OPTS = --without-slang
 NANO_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_WCHAR),y)