diff --git a/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk b/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk
index e9cb7b67cb..846d4fa567 100644
--- a/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk
+++ b/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk
@@ -75,12 +75,6 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT_PROVIDES_LIBINTL),y)
 COREUTILS_CONF_OPTS += --with-libintl-prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GMP),y)
-COREUTILS_DEPENDENCIES += gmp
-else
-COREUTILS_CONF_OPTS += --without-gmp
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP),y)
 COREUTILS_DEPENDENCIES += libcap
 else