diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
index 98a44aba40..601074ca24 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@ configure_target() {
     # set install dir
     sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_PREFIX=.*$|CONFIG_PREFIX=\"$INSTALL/usr\"|" .config
 
-    if [ ! "$DEVTOOLS" = yes ]; then
-      sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_DEVMEM=.*$|# CONFIG_DEVMEM is not set|" .config
-    fi
-
     if [ ! "$CRON_SUPPORT" = "yes" ] ; then
       sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_CROND=.*$|# CONFIG_CROND is not set|" .config
       sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_FEATURE_CROND_D=.*$|# CONFIG_FEATURE_CROND_D is not set|" .config