diff --git a/packages/network/samba/build b/packages/network/samba/build
index 107e51ea77..e8f84a0249 100755
--- a/packages/network/samba/build
+++ b/packages/network/samba/build
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 . config/options
 
 $SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-$SCRIPTS/build libiconv
 $SCRIPTS/build avahi
 
 export samba_cv_CC_NEGATIVE_ENUM_VALUES=no
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD/source3
             --without-quotas \
             --without-sys-quotas \
             --with-syslog \
-            --with-libiconv=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
 
 make bin/libsmbclient.so \
      bin/smbd
diff --git a/packages/network/samba/install b/packages/network/samba/install
index 832675f90e..69c96c2cf4 100755
--- a/packages/network/samba/install
+++ b/packages/network/samba/install
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options
 
-$SCRIPTS/install libiconv
 $SCRIPTS/install avahi
 
 PKG_DIR=`find $PACKAGES -type d -name $1`