diff --git a/configs/qemu_mips64el_malta_defconfig b/configs/qemu_mips64el_malta_defconfig
index 8d3a1326c9..8999e6cf13 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_mips64el_malta_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_mips64el_malta_defconfig
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 BR2_mips64el=y
 BR2_MIPS_NABI64=y
 
-# Toolchain
-BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_EGLIBC=y
-
 # Filesystem
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set