diff --git a/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk b/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk
index 992a3448a0..2119a883bc 100644
--- a/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk
+++ b/package/docker-engine/docker-engine.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ DOCKER_ENGINE_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 DOCKER_ENGINE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 
 DOCKER_ENGINE_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
-DOCKER_ENGINE_SRC_SUBDIR = github.com/docker/docker
 DOCKER_ENGINE_GOMOD = github.com/docker/docker
 
 DOCKER_ENGINE_LDFLAGS = \