diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/network-tools-depends/iw/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/network-tools-depends/iw/package.mk
index 1e95febf35..e2082d9189 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/network-tools-depends/iw/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/network-tools-depends/iw/package.mk
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ PKG_SECTION="tools"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="iw is a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless devices"
 PKG_LONGDESC="iw is a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless devices. It supports all new drivers that have been added to the kernel recently."
 # iw fails at runtime with lto enabled
-PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-lto"
 
 pre_configure_target() {
   export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -pthread"