diff --git a/packages/lang/llvm/package.mk b/packages/lang/llvm/package.mk
index b507ac4bde..352eba00f6 100644
--- a/packages/lang/llvm/package.mk
+++ b/packages/lang/llvm/package.mk
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 # package specific configure options
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--disable-polly \
                          --disable-libcpp \
-                         --disable-compiler-version-checks \
                          --disable-cxx11 \
                          --disable-split-dwarf \
                          --disable-clang-arcmt \