diff --git a/package/python/python.mk b/package/python/python.mk
index e177ef7522..94765cbb84 100644
--- a/package/python/python.mk
+++ b/package/python/python.mk
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ endif
 
 ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_UNICODEDATA),y)
 PYTHON_CONF_OPT += --disable-unicodedata
-HOST_PYTHON_CONF_OPT += --disable-unicodedata
 endif
 
 # Default is UCS2 w/o a conf opt
diff --git a/package/python3/python3.mk b/package/python3/python3.mk
index 24e90d68e7..880b66e3c5 100644
--- a/package/python3/python3.mk
+++ b/package/python3/python3.mk
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ endif
 
 ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_UNICODEDATA),y)
 PYTHON3_CONF_OPT += --disable-unicodedata
-HOST_PYTHON3_CONF_OPT += --disable-unicodedata
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_BZIP2),y)