diff --git a/package/mkpimage/mkpimage.mk b/package/mkpimage/mkpimage.mk
index 6360902539..c30a6809ce 100644
--- a/package/mkpimage/mkpimage.mk
+++ b/package/mkpimage/mkpimage.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 # source included in the package
 # came from barebox's repository:
 # http://git.pengutronix.de/?p=barebox.git;a=blob;f=scripts/socfpga_mkimage.c;h=1a7a66d98841e9f52c3ea49c651286aa1412c9a5;hb=HEAD
-HOST_MKPIMAGE_SOURCE =
 HOST_MKPIMAGE_LICENSE = GPLv2
 
 define HOST_MKPIMAGE_BUILD_CMDS