diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/package.mk b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/package.mk
index 994b79ed79..b0461ea9a5 100644
--- a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/package.mk
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ PKG_MAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-C wpa_supplicant V=1 LIBDIR=/usr/lib BINDIR=/usr/bin"
 PKG_MAKEINSTALL_OPTS_TARGET="-C wpa_supplicant V=1 LIBDIR=/usr/lib BINDIR=/usr/bin"
 
 configure_target() {
-# wpa_supplicant fails to build with LTO
-  strip_lto
-
   LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lpthread -lm"
 
   cp $PKG_DIR/config/makefile.config wpa_supplicant/.config