diff --git a/package/pkg-cmake.mk b/package/pkg-cmake.mk
index 8f391eb4c9..c7032312fb 100644
--- a/package/pkg-cmake.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-cmake.mk
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ define $(2)_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 		-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$$(HOST_CXXFLAGS)" \
 		-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="$$(HOST_LDFLAGS)" \
 		-DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS="$$(HOST_LDFLAGS)" \
-		-DCMAKE_ASM_COMPILER="$$(HOSTAS)" \
 		-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="$$(CMAKE_HOST_C_COMPILER)" \
 		-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="$$(CMAKE_HOST_CXX_COMPILER)" \
 		$(if $$(CMAKE_HOST_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER),\