diff --git a/packages/wayland/weston/package.mk b/packages/wayland/weston/package.mk
index 14301478e9..e84dd0e6d2 100644
--- a/packages/wayland/weston/package.mk
+++ b/packages/wayland/weston/package.mk
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain wayland-protocols libdrm libxkbcommon libinput cai
 PKG_SECTION="wayland"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="Reference implementation of a Wayland compositor"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Reference implementation of a Wayland compositor"
-PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-lto"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="CFLAGS=-DMESA_EGL_NO_X11_HEADERS \
                            LIBS=-lturbojpeg \