diff --git a/package/gerbera/gerbera.mk b/package/gerbera/gerbera.mk
index 9468def041..6e36377798 100644
--- a/package/gerbera/gerbera.mk
+++ b/package/gerbera/gerbera.mk
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ GERBERA_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	zlib
 GERBERA_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DWITH_DEBUG=OFF \
-	-DWITH_JS=OFF \
-	-DCXX_FILESYSTEM_NO_LINK_NEEDED=ON
+	-DWITH_JS=OFF
 
 # Uses __atomic_fetch_add_4
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)