diff --git a/package/netcat/netcat.mk b/package/netcat/netcat.mk
index f8263ef351..31f6b716c9 100644
--- a/package/netcat/netcat.mk
+++ b/package/netcat/netcat.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@ NETCAT_SITE=http://$(BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR).dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/netc
 NETCAT_AUTORECONF:=NO
 NETCAT_INSTALL_STAGING:=NO
 NETCAT_INSTALL_TARGET:=YES
-NETCAT_CONF_OPT = --program-prefix=''
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,netcat))