diff --git a/packages/devel/yajl/package.mk b/packages/devel/yajl/package.mk
index 889208b802..31d9c02938 100644
--- a/packages/devel/yajl/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/yajl/package.mk
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="Yet Another JSON Library (YAJL) is a small event-driven (SAX-style
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
-configure_target() {
-  cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$CMAKE_CONF \
-        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
-        ..
-}
-
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   mv $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/libyajl_s.a $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/libyajl.a
   rm $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/libyajl.so*