diff --git a/package/exfat/exfat.mk b/package/exfat/exfat.mk
index 282a30aa5e..c0ef77a113 100644
--- a/package/exfat/exfat.mk
+++ b/package/exfat/exfat.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ EXFAT_DEPENDENCIES = libfuse host-pkgconf
 EXFAT_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 EXFAT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 EXFAT_CPE_ID_VENDOR = exfat_project
-EXFAT_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS) -std=c99
 
 EXFAT_CONF_OPTS += --exec-prefix=/