diff --git a/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk b/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
index 91d5033f3d..edc17ad75b 100644
--- a/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
+++ b/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BERKELEYDB_COMPAT185)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),yy)
 IPROUTE2_DEPENDENCIES += berkeleydb
 else
 define IPROUTE2_DISABLE_ARPD
-	$(SED) "/^TARGETS=/s: arpd : :" $(IPROUTE2_DIR)/misc/Makefile
+	echo "HAVE_BERKELEY_DB:=n" >> $(IPROUTE2_DIR)/Config
 endef
 endif