diff --git a/packages/tools/bcm2835-utils/package.mk b/packages/tools/bcm2835-utils/package.mk
index 3b107f3a1c..8bc3449919 100644
--- a/packages/tools/bcm2835-utils/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/bcm2835-utils/package.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ PKG_SITE="https://github.com/raspberrypi/utils"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/raspberrypi/utils/archive/${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain dtc"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Raspberry Pi related collection of scripts and simple applications"
-PKG_TOOLCHAIN="cmake"
 
 makeinstall_target() {
   mkdir -p ${INSTALL}/usr/bin