diff --git a/package/nginx/nginx.mk b/package/nginx/nginx.mk
index 9bbb3fc201..0ceed7857f 100644
--- a/package/nginx/nginx.mk
+++ b/package/nginx/nginx.mk
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ NGINX_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--crossbuild=Linux::$(BR2_ARCH) \
 	--with-cc="$(TARGET_CC)" \
 	--with-cpp="$(TARGET_CC)" \
-	--with-ld-opt="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
-	--with-ipv6
+	--with-ld-opt="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)"
 
 # www-data user and group are used for nginx. Because these user and group
 # are already set by buildroot, it is not necessary to redefine them.