diff --git a/packages/debug/valgrind/package.mk b/packages/debug/valgrind/package.mk
index 38746cd02a..261f4f5f0b 100644
--- a/packages/debug/valgrind/package.mk
+++ b/packages/debug/valgrind/package.mk
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_SECTION="debug"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="A tool to help find memory-management problems in programs"
 PKG_LONGDESC="A tool to help find memory-management problems in programs"
-PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-lto"
 
 if [ "$TARGET_ARCH" = "arm" ]; then
   PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-only32bit"