diff --git a/packages/multimedia/nv-codec-headers/package.mk b/packages/multimedia/nv-codec-headers/package.mk
index 5ef9f37546..f8d349f2eb 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/nv-codec-headers/package.mk
+++ b/packages/multimedia/nv-codec-headers/package.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ PKG_SITE="https://github.com/FFmpeg/nv-codec-headers"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/FFmpeg/nv-codec-headers/archive/n${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="FFmpeg version of headers required to interface with Nvidias codec APIs."
-PKG_TOOLCHAIN="make"
 
 makeinstall_target(){
   make DESTDIR=${SYSROOT_PREFIX} PREFIX=/usr install