diff --git a/package/argp-standalone/0003-fix_build_with_c99_compilers.patch b/package/argp-standalone/0003-fix_build_with_c99_compilers.patch
index bfa0bb53e1..56b753b607 100644
--- a/package/argp-standalone/0003-fix_build_with_c99_compilers.patch
+++ b/package/argp-standalone/0003-fix_build_with_c99_compilers.patch
@@ -66,15 +66,3 @@ index e797b11..828f435 100644
  
  /* Internal routines.  */
  extern void _argp_fmtstream_update (argp_fmtstream_t __fs);
-@@ -216,7 +220,11 @@
- #endif
- 
- #ifndef ARGP_FS_EI
-+#if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__GNUC_STDC_INLINE__)
- #define ARGP_FS_EI extern inline
-+#else
-+#define ARGP_FS_EI inline
-+#endif
- #endif
- 
- ARGP_FS_EI size_t
diff --git a/package/argp-standalone/argp-standalone.mk b/package/argp-standalone/argp-standalone.mk
index 7a7028cc1f..977b9547b6 100644
--- a/package/argp-standalone/argp-standalone.mk
+++ b/package/argp-standalone/argp-standalone.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ARGP_STANDALONE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 ARGP_STANDALONE_LICENSE = LGPL-2.0+
 
 ARGP_STANDALONE_CONF_ENV = \
-	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -fPIC"
+	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -fPIC -fgnu89-inline"
 
 define ARGP_STANDALONE_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -D $(@D)/libargp.a $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libargp.a