diff --git a/package/aer-inject/aer-inject.mk b/package/aer-inject/aer-inject.mk
index 69189b1668..e00570e272 100644
--- a/package/aer-inject/aer-inject.mk
+++ b/package/aer-inject/aer-inject.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 AER_INJECT_VERSION = 9bd5e2c7886fca72f139cd8402488a2235957d41
 AER_INJECT_SITE = git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gong.chen/aer-inject.git
-AER_INJECT_SITE_METHOD = git
 AER_INJECT_LICENSE = GPLv2
 AER_INJECT_LICENSE_FILES = README
 AER_INJECT_DEPENDENCIES = host-flex host-bison