diff --git a/package/gnupg2/gnupg2.mk b/package/gnupg2/gnupg2.mk
index 906b79e0ab..0a2cebfab3 100644
--- a/package/gnupg2/gnupg2.mk
+++ b/package/gnupg2/gnupg2.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ GNUPG2_DEPENDENCIES = zlib libgpg-error libgcrypt libassuan libksba libnpth \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv) host-pkgconf
 
 GNUPG2_CONF_OPTS = \
-	--disable-rpath --disable-regex \
+	--disable-rpath \
 	--with-libgpg-error-prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
 	--with-libgcrypt-prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
 	--with-libassuan-prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \