diff --git a/package/thrift/thrift.mk b/package/thrift/thrift.mk
index 0f2a8eb071..544eb97323 100644
--- a/package/thrift/thrift.mk
+++ b/package/thrift/thrift.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ THRIFT_COMMON_CONF_OPTS = -DBUILD_TUTORIALS=OFF \
 	-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
 	-DWITH_PYTHON=OFF \
 	-DWITH_JAVA=OFF \
-	-DWITH_QT4=OFF \
 	-DWITH_QT5=OFF
 
 THRIFT_CONF_OPTS = $(THRIFT_COMMON_CONF_OPTS) -DBUILD_COMPILER=OFF