diff --git a/packages/tools/nano/package.mk b/packages/tools/nano/package.mk
index 4ecaa29862..70cc6bdce1 100644
--- a/packages/tools/nano/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/nano/package.mk
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-utf8 \
                            --disable-nls \
                            --disable-libmagic"
 
-pre_configure_target() {
-  export LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Wl,--as-needed||"`
-  export LIBS="$LIBS -lz"
-}
-
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/share/nano
 }