diff --git a/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk b/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
index cb4293b0c3..87b51aa5b5 100644
--- a/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
+++ b/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ HOST_ELFUTILS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--without-zstd \
 	--disable-progs
 
-ELFUTILS_CONF_ENV += \
-	CFLAGS="$(ELFUTILS_CFLAGS)" \
-	CPPFLAGS="$(ELFUTILS_CPPFLAGS)"
-
 ELFUTILS_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)