diff --git a/packages/compress/lz4/package.mk b/packages/compress/lz4/package.mk
index a81f108163..03537b276f 100644
--- a/packages/compress/lz4/package.mk
+++ b/packages/compress/lz4/package.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ PKG_URL="https://github.com/lz4/lz4/archive/v${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="lz4 data compressor/decompressor"
-PKG_TOOLCHAIN="cmake"
 
 configure_package() {
   PKG_CMAKE_SCRIPT="${PKG_BUILD}/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt"