diff --git a/package/libnfs/libnfs.mk b/package/libnfs/libnfs.mk
index 3636a2acee..d961fd1d4e 100644
--- a/package/libnfs/libnfs.mk
+++ b/package/libnfs/libnfs.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ LIBNFS_VERSION = libnfs-2.0.0
 LIBNFS_SITE = $(call github,sahlberg,libnfs,$(LIBNFS_VERSION))
 LIBNFS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBNFS_AUTORECONF = YES
-LIBNFS_MAKE = $(MAKE1)
 LIBNFS_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 LIBNFS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENCE-LGPL-2.1.txt
 LIBNFS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf