diff --git a/package/weston/weston.mk b/package/weston/weston.mk
index b22e685948..541c6ba024 100644
--- a/package/weston/weston.mk
+++ b/package/weston/weston.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ WESTON_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf wayland wayland-protocols \
 	libxkbcommon pixman libpng jpeg udev cairo libinput libdrm
 
 WESTON_CONF_OPTS = \
-	-Dbuild.pkg_config_path=$(HOST_DIR)/lib/pkgconfig \
 	-Dbackend-headless=false \
 	-Dcolor-management-colord=false \
 	-Dremoting=false