diff --git a/package/pkg-autotools.mk b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
index daa688dab6..717ff81593 100644
--- a/package/pkg-autotools.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
@@ -160,10 +160,6 @@ ifeq ($(4),host)
  $(2)_AUTORECONF_OPTS ?= $$($(3)_AUTORECONF_OPTS)
 endif
 
-$(2)_CONF_ENV			?=
-$(2)_CONF_OPTS			?=
-$(2)_MAKE_ENV			?=
-$(2)_MAKE_OPTS			?=
 $(2)_INSTALL_OPTS                ?= install
 $(2)_INSTALL_STAGING_OPTS	?= DESTDIR=$$(STAGING_DIR) install
 $(2)_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS		?= DESTDIR=$$(TARGET_DIR) install
diff --git a/package/pkg-cmake.mk b/package/pkg-cmake.mk
index 4ee100a0c6..3b1db35fb6 100644
--- a/package/pkg-cmake.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-cmake.mk
@@ -51,11 +51,7 @@ endif
 
 define inner-cmake-package
 
-$(2)_CONF_ENV			?=
-$(2)_CONF_OPTS			?=
 $(2)_MAKE			?= $$(MAKE)
-$(2)_MAKE_ENV			?=
-$(2)_MAKE_OPTS			?=
 $(2)_INSTALL_OPTS		?= install
 $(2)_INSTALL_STAGING_OPTS	?= DESTDIR=$$(STAGING_DIR) install/fast
 $(2)_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS	?= DESTDIR=$$(TARGET_DIR) install/fast
diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index c8351b3027..5626af1d87 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -540,8 +540,6 @@ $(2)_DIR	=  $$(BUILD_DIR)/$$($(2)_BASENAME)
 ifndef $(2)_SUBDIR
  ifdef $(3)_SUBDIR
   $(2)_SUBDIR = $$($(3)_SUBDIR)
- else
-  $(2)_SUBDIR ?=
  endif
 endif
 
@@ -838,31 +836,6 @@ $(2)_EXTRACT_CMDS ?= \
 		$$(TAR_OPTIONS) -)
 
 # pre/post-steps hooks
-$(2)_PRE_DOWNLOAD_HOOKS         ?=
-$(2)_POST_DOWNLOAD_HOOKS        ?=
-$(2)_PRE_EXTRACT_HOOKS          ?=
-$(2)_POST_EXTRACT_HOOKS         ?=
-$(2)_PRE_RSYNC_HOOKS            ?=
-$(2)_POST_RSYNC_HOOKS           ?=
-$(2)_PRE_PATCH_HOOKS            ?=
-$(2)_POST_PATCH_HOOKS           ?=
-$(2)_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS        ?=
-$(2)_POST_CONFIGURE_HOOKS       ?=
-$(2)_PRE_BUILD_HOOKS            ?=
-$(2)_POST_BUILD_HOOKS           ?=
-$(2)_PRE_INSTALL_HOOKS          ?=
-$(2)_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS         ?=
-$(2)_PRE_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS  ?=
-$(2)_POST_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS ?=
-$(2)_PRE_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS   ?=
-$(2)_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS  ?=
-$(2)_PRE_INSTALL_IMAGES_HOOKS   ?=
-$(2)_POST_INSTALL_IMAGES_HOOKS  ?=
-$(2)_PRE_LEGAL_INFO_HOOKS       ?=
-$(2)_POST_LEGAL_INFO_HOOKS      ?=
-$(2)_TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS      ?=
-$(2)_ROOTFS_PRE_CMD_HOOKS       ?=
-
 $(2)_POST_PREPARE_HOOKS += FIXUP_PYTHON_SYSCONFIGDATA
 
 ifeq ($$($(2)_TYPE),target)
diff --git a/package/pkg-kconfig.mk b/package/pkg-kconfig.mk
index 23a291fccf..32dcfea0bc 100644
--- a/package/pkg-kconfig.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-kconfig.mk
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@ define inner-kconfig-package
 # Default values
 $(2)_MAKE ?= $$(MAKE)
 $(2)_KCONFIG_EDITORS ?= menuconfig
-$(2)_KCONFIG_OPTS ?=
-$(2)_KCONFIG_FIXUP_CMDS ?=
-$(2)_KCONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES ?=
 $(2)_KCONFIG_DOTCONFIG ?= .config
 $(2)_KCONFIG_SUPPORTS_DEFCONFIG ?= YES
 
diff --git a/package/pkg-meson.mk b/package/pkg-meson.mk
index 16a90d157b..ec535174b6 100644
--- a/package/pkg-meson.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-meson.mk
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ NINJA_OPTS	= $(if $(VERBOSE),-v) -j$(PARALLEL_JOBS)
 
 define inner-meson-package
 
-$(2)_CONF_ENV		?=
-$(2)_CONF_OPTS		?=
-$(2)_NINJA_ENV		?=
-
 #
 # Configure step. Only define it if not already defined by the package
 # .mk file. And take care of the differences between host and target
diff --git a/package/pkg-python.mk b/package/pkg-python.mk
index e6b81bdfd3..ce0fc97283 100644
--- a/package/pkg-python.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-python.mk
@@ -108,10 +108,6 @@ HOST_PKG_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS_INSTALL_OPTS = \
 
 define inner-python-package
 
-$(2)_ENV         ?=
-$(2)_BUILD_OPTS   ?=
-$(2)_INSTALL_OPTS ?=
-
 ifndef $(2)_SETUP_TYPE
  ifdef $(3)_SETUP_TYPE
   $(2)_SETUP_TYPE = $$($(3)_SETUP_TYPE)
diff --git a/package/pkg-qmake.mk b/package/pkg-qmake.mk
index deb033c1d6..4dcaf6dd62 100644
--- a/package/pkg-qmake.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-qmake.mk
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ endef
 
 define inner-qmake-package
 
-$(2)_CONF_ENV			?=
-$(2)_CONF_OPTS			?=
-$(2)_MAKE_ENV			?=
-$(2)_MAKE_OPTS			?=
 $(2)_INSTALL_STAGING_OPTS	?= install
 $(2)_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS	?= $$($(2)_INSTALL_STAGING_OPTS)
 
diff --git a/package/pkg-waf.mk b/package/pkg-waf.mk
index 038d89454e..a593476a69 100644
--- a/package/pkg-waf.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-waf.mk
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@ else
 $(2)_WAF ?= ./waf
 endif
 
-$(2)_BUILD_OPTS				?=
-$(2)_INSTALL_STAGING_OPTS		?=
-$(2)_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS		?=
-$(2)_WAF_OPTS				?=
-
 #
 # Configure step. Only define it if not already defined by the package
 # .mk file.