diff --git a/package/openmpi/openmpi.mk b/package/openmpi/openmpi.mk
index b682e6e74e..8bdc3fa188 100644
--- a/package/openmpi/openmpi.mk
+++ b/package/openmpi/openmpi.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ OPENMPI_SOURCE = openmpi-$(OPENMPI_VERSION).tar.bz2
 OPENMPI_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 OPENMPI_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 OPENMPI_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-OPENMPI_CONF_OPTS = --disable-vt
 
 # Enabling Fortran support requires pre-seeding the configure script
 # with various values that cannot be guessed, so we provide cache