diff --git a/package/unbound/unbound.mk b/package/unbound/unbound.mk
index ff0262bef1..04386e8d5b 100644
--- a/package/unbound/unbound.mk
+++ b/package/unbound/unbound.mk
@@ -18,18 +18,11 @@ UNBOUND_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-pidfile=/var/run/unbound.pid \
 	--with-rootkey-file=/etc/unbound/root.key \
 	--enable-tfo-server \
+	--enable-tfo-client \
 	--with-libevent=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
 	--with-libexpat=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
 	--with-ssl=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 
-# uClibc-ng does not have MSG_FASTOPEN
-# so TCP Fast Open client mode disabled for it
-ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC),y)
-UNBOUND_CONF_OPTS += --disable-tfo-client
-else
-UNBOUND_CONF_OPTS += --enable-tfo-client
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL),y)
 UNBOUND_CONF_OPTS += --with-pthreads
 else