diff --git a/package/collectd/collectd.mk b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
index e0f40095aa..5751757040 100644
--- a/package/collectd/collectd.mk
+++ b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ COLLECTD_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--with-nan-emulation \
 	--with-fp-layout=$(COLLECTD_FP_LAYOUT) \
 	--with-perl-bindings=no \
-	--without-libupsclient \
 	--disable-werror \
 	$(foreach p, $(COLLECTD_PLUGINS_DISABLE), --disable-$(p)) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_AGGREGATION),--enable-aggregation,--disable-aggregation) \