diff --git a/package/xorriso/xorriso.mk b/package/xorriso/xorriso.mk
index b205580430..1f095911f8 100644
--- a/package/xorriso/xorriso.mk
+++ b/package/xorriso/xorriso.mk
@@ -18,19 +18,14 @@ HOST_XORRISO_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-libedit \
 	--disable-libacl
 
+# libcdio doesn't make sense for Linux
+# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-xorriso/2017-04/msg00004.html
+XORRISO_CONF_OPTS = --disable-libcdio
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),y)
 XORRISO_DEPENDENCIES += libiconv
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCDIO),y)
-XORRISO_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf libcdio
-XORRISO_CONF_OPTS += \
-	--enable-pkg-check-modules \
-	--enable-libcdio
-else
-XORRISO_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libcdio
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE),y)
 XORRISO_DEPENDENCIES += readline
 XORRISO_CONF_OPTS += --enable-libreadline