diff --git a/package/dovecot/dovecot.mk b/package/dovecot/dovecot.mk
index a48cd7536d..c4e366baf7 100644
--- a/package/dovecot/dovecot.mk
+++ b/package/dovecot/dovecot.mk
@@ -17,12 +17,7 @@ DOVECOT_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv) \
 	openssl
 
-# CVE-2016-4983 is an issue in a postinstall script in the dovecot rpm, which
-# is part of the Red Hat packaging and not part of upstream dovecot
-DOVECOT_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2016-4983
-
 # 0001-auth-Fix-handling-passdbs-with-identical-driver-args.patch
-
 # Note: this ignore CVE entry is reported as stale by pkg-stats, but
 # the NVD database is incorrect:
 # https://lore.kernel.org/buildroot/20250517181815.02ce0393@windsurf/