diff --git a/packages/databases/mysql/package.mk b/packages/databases/mysql/package.mk
index 7dd380a7a3..ab76e4863d 100644
--- a/packages/databases/mysql/package.mk
+++ b/packages/databases/mysql/package.mk
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib ncurses openssl boost mysql:host"
 PKG_SECTION="database"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="mysql: A database server"
 PKG_LONGDESC="MySQL is a SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. SQL is the most popular database language in the world. MySQL is a client server implementation that consists of a server daemon mysqld and many different client programs/libraries."
-build_with_debug && [ "$TARGET_ARCH" = "aarch64" ] && PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-lto"
 
 post_unpack() {
   sed -i 's|GET_TARGET_PROPERTY(LIBMYSQL_OS_OUTPUT_NAME libmysql OUTPUT_NAME)|SET(LIBMYSQL_OS_OUTPUT_NAME "mysqlclient")|' $PKG_BUILD/scripts/CMakeLists.txt