diff --git a/package/bind/bind.mk b/package/bind/bind.mk
index 4098f948a9..0df2467bc5 100644
--- a/package/bind/bind.mk
+++ b/package/bind/bind.mk
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ BIND_CONF_OPTS += --disable-linux-caps
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2),y)
-BIND_CONF_OPTS += --with-libxml2=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr --enable-newstats
+BIND_CONF_OPTS += --with-libxml2=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 BIND_DEPENDENCIES += libxml2
 else
 BIND_CONF_OPTS += --with-libxml2=no