diff --git a/package/libselinux/libselinux.mk b/package/libselinux/libselinux.mk
index 601038e46f..734084ba50 100644
--- a/package/libselinux/libselinux.mk
+++ b/package/libselinux/libselinux.mk
@@ -52,14 +52,6 @@ define LIBSELINUX_BUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS
 endef
 endif # python3
 
-# Filter out D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64. This fixes errors caused by glibc 2.22. We
-# set CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS here because we want to win over the
-# CFLAGS/CPPFLAGS/LDFLAGS definitions passed by $(PKG_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS_ENV)
-# when the python binding is enabled.
-LIBSELINUX_MAKE_OPTS += \
-	CFLAGS="$(filter-out -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64,$(TARGET_CFLAGS))" \
-	CPPFLAGS="$(filter-out -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64,$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS))"
-
 define LIBSELINUX_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) \
 		$(LIBSELINUX_MAKE_OPTS) all