diff --git a/package/lvm2/lvm2.mk b/package/lvm2/lvm2.mk
index 7fdb9a7e30..14575668a5 100644
--- a/package/lvm2/lvm2.mk
+++ b/package/lvm2/lvm2.mk
@@ -28,13 +28,8 @@ LVM2_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf libaio
 # take into account the toolchain passed at configure time.
 LVM2_MAKE_ENV = $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS)
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE),y)
-LVM2_DEPENDENCIES += readline
-else
-# v2.02.44: disable readline usage, or binaries are linked against provider
-# of "tgetent" (=> ncurses) even if it's not used..
+# package/readline is GPL-3.0+, so not license compatible
 LVM2_CONF_OPTS += --disable-readline
-endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSELINUX),y)
 LVM2_CONF_OPTS += --enable-selinux