diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-base/gst1-plugins-base.mk b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-base/gst1-plugins-base.mk
index 8da1f42209..08f53f75c9 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-base/gst1-plugins-base.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-base/gst1-plugins-base.mk
@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ GST1_PLUGINS_BASE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 GST1_PLUGINS_BASE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.LIB
 GST1_PLUGINS_BASE_LICENSE = LGPL-2.0+, LGPL-2.1+
 
-# freetype is only used by examples, but if it is not found
-# and the host has a freetype-config script, then the host
-# include dirs are added to the search path causing trouble
-GST1_PLUGINS_BASE_CONF_ENV =
-	FT2_CONFIG=/bin/false \
-	ac_cv_header_stdint_t="stdint.h"
-
 # gio_unix_2_0 is only used for tests
 GST1_PLUGINS_BASE_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-examples \