diff --git a/packages/tools/grub/package.mk b/packages/tools/grub/package.mk
index 994b93b3ea..ae68774dd0 100755
--- a/packages/tools/grub/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/grub/package.mk
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ PKG_SECTION="tools"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="GNU GRUB is a Multiboot boot loader."
 PKG_LONGDESC="GNU GRUB is a Multiboot boot loader that was derived from GRUB, the GRand Unified Bootloader, which was originally designed and implemented by Erich Stefan Boleyn"
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="configure"
-PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-lto"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--target=i386-pc-linux \
                            --disable-nls \