diff --git a/package/rpm/rpm.mk b/package/rpm/rpm.mk
index fc57a14fd6..08bcb85ae4 100644
--- a/package/rpm/rpm.mk
+++ b/package/rpm/rpm.mk
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ endif
 # ac_cv_prog_cc_c99: RPM uses non-standard GCC extensions (ex. `asm`).
 RPM_CONF_ENV = \
 	ac_cv_prog_cc_c99='-std=gnu99' \
-	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(RPM_CFLAGS)" \
 	LIBS=$(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))