diff --git a/package/coreutils/coreutils.hash b/package/coreutils/coreutils.hash
index ce507a3015..3b14acef3d 100644
--- a/package/coreutils/coreutils.hash
+++ b/package/coreutils/coreutils.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256  16535a9adf0b10037364e2d612aad3d9f4eca3a344949ced74d12faf4bd51d25  coreutils-9.10.tar.xz
+sha256  a480198559733e9b3da999e90543ac6f888a2caa544d8d664c5a1f17e528e210  coreutils-9.12.tar.xz
 sha256  3972dc9744f6499f0f9b2dbf76696f2ae7ad8af9b23dde66d6af86c9dfb36986  COPYING
diff --git a/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk b/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk
index 01c0cc72f1..b5fa968dad 100644
--- a/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk
+++ b/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-COREUTILS_VERSION = 9.10
+COREUTILS_VERSION = 9.12
 COREUTILS_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/coreutils
 COREUTILS_SOURCE = coreutils-$(COREUTILS_VERSION).tar.xz
 COREUTILS_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ COREUTILS_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_c_restrict=no \
 	gl_cv_func_working_utimes=yes \
 	gl_cv_macro_MB_CUR_MAX_good=yes \
 	gl_cv_have_proc_uptime=yes \
-	utils_cv_localtime_cache=no \
 	PERL=missing \
 	MAKEINFO=true \
 	INSTALL_PROGRAM=$(INSTALL)