diff --git a/packages/textproc/jsoncpp/package.mk b/packages/textproc/jsoncpp/package.mk
index 7ba9dfe0c0..f7a498732e 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/jsoncpp/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/jsoncpp/package.mk
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@ pre_configure_target() {
 pre_build_target() {
   cp $PKG_DIR/config/CMakeLists.txt $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD
 }
-
-configure_target() {
-  cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$CMAKE_CONF \
-        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
-        ..
-}