diff --git a/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk b/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
index 8f05b83922..11a3946753 100644
--- a/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
+++ b/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
@@ -208,8 +208,6 @@ define SWUPDATE_SET_WEBSERVER
 endef
 endif
 
-SWUPDATE_BUILD_CONFIG = $(@D)/.config
-
 SWUPDATE_KCONFIG_FILE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_SWUPDATE_CONFIG))
 SWUPDATE_KCONFIG_EDITORS = menuconfig xconfig gconfig nconfig