diff --git a/package/mongoose/mongoose.mk b/package/mongoose/mongoose.mk
index 36fd8f899a..702342b3b1 100644
--- a/package/mongoose/mongoose.mk
+++ b/package/mongoose/mongoose.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MONGOOSE_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 MONGOOSE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 MONGOOSE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
-MONGOOSE_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -DMONGOOSE_NO_DL
+MONGOOSE_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_LDFLAGS)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 MONGOOSE_DEPENDENCIES += openssl