diff --git a/packages/databases/mysql/build b/packages/databases/mysql/build
index 1913e89348..bd48e05316 100755
--- a/packages/databases/mysql/build
+++ b/packages/databases/mysql/build
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ ac_cv_sys_restartable_syscalls=yes \
             --with-big-tables \
             --with-mysqld-user=mysqld \
             --with-extra-charsets=all \
-            --with-charset=utf8 \
-            --with-collation=utf8_unicode_ci \
             --with-pthread \
             --with-named-thread-libs=-lpthread \
             --enable-thread-safe-client \