diff --git a/package/glibc/glibc.mk b/package/glibc/glibc.mk
index cb3a84a9a7..fd79d84f15 100644
--- a/package/glibc/glibc.mk
+++ b/package/glibc/glibc.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 ifeq ($(BR2_arc),y)
 GLIBC_VERSION =  arc-2017.09-release
 GLIBC_SITE = $(call github,foss-for-synopsys-dwc-arc-processors,glibc,$(GLIBC_VERSION))
-GLIBC_SOURCE = glibc-$(GLIBC_VERSION).tar.gz
 else
 # Generate version string using:
 #   git describe --match 'glibc-*' --abbrev=40 origin/release/MAJOR.MINOR/master