diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk b/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
index 3de824f542..e2db5d1e02 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5base/qt5base.mk
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ define QT5BASE_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 		PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig" \
 		PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
 		MAKEFLAGS="$(MAKEFLAGS) -j$(PARALLEL_JOBS)" \
-		$(QT5BASE_CONFIGURE_ENV) \
 		./configure \
 		-v \
 		-prefix /usr \