diff --git a/package/micropython/micropython.mk b/package/micropython/micropython.mk
index e6eb536ea5..3d356c51d8 100644
--- a/package/micropython/micropython.mk
+++ b/package/micropython/micropython.mk
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ MICROPYTHON_LICENSE = MIT, BSD-1-Clause, BSD-3-Clause, Zlib
 MICROPYTHON_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 MICROPYTHON_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libffi host-python3
 
-# Set GIT_DIR so package won't use buildroot's version number
-MICROPYTHON_MAKE_ENV = \
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) \
-	GIT_DIR=.
-
 # Use fallback implementation for exception handling on architectures that don't
 # have explicit support.
 ifeq ($(BR2_i386)$(BR2_x86_64)$(BR2_arm)$(BR2_armeb),)