diff --git a/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.mk b/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.mk
index ace5ce8f55..6130870bba 100644
--- a/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.mk
+++ b/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.mk
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLCIPHER_STAT3),y)
 SQLCIPHER_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_ENABLE_STAT3
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_xtensa),y)
-SQLCIPHER_CFLAGS += -mtext-section-literals
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLCIPHER_READLINE),y)
 SQLCIPHER_DEPENDENCIES += ncurses readline
 SQLCIPHER_CONF_OPT += --with-readline-inc="-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include"