diff --git a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
index af5947957d..b5104c9f1b 100644
--- a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
+++ b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_SECURE_DELETE),y)
 SQLITE_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_SECURE_DELETE
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_xtensa),y)
-SQLITE_CFLAGS += -mtext-section-literals
-endif
-
 SQLITE_CONF_ENV = CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(SQLITE_CFLAGS)"
 
 SQLITE_CONF_OPT = \