diff --git a/package/sudo/sudo.mk b/package/sudo/sudo.mk
index a4e838dd94..7961a99002 100644
--- a/package/sudo/sudo.mk
+++ b/package/sudo/sudo.mk
@@ -58,15 +58,6 @@ else
 SUDO_CONF_OPTS += --disable-openssl
 endif
 
-# mksigname/mksiglist needs to run on build host to generate source files
-define SUDO_BUILD_MKSIGNAME_MKSIGLIST_HOST
-	$(MAKE) $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-		CPPFLAGS="$(HOST_CPPFLAGS) -I../../include -I../.." \
-		-C $(@D)/lib/util mksigname mksiglist
-endef
-
-SUDO_POST_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += SUDO_BUILD_MKSIGNAME_MKSIGLIST_HOST
-
 define SUDO_PERMISSIONS
 	/usr/bin/sudo f 4755 0 0 - - - - -
 endef