diff --git a/package/pkg-autotools.mk b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
index f17186dfe4..8ffb0e0047 100644
--- a/package/pkg-autotools.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
@@ -200,8 +200,6 @@ else
 define $(2)_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	(cd $$($$(PKG)_SRCDIR) && rm -rf config.cache; \
 	$$(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-	CFLAGS="$$(HOST_CFLAGS)" \
-	LDFLAGS="$$(HOST_LDFLAGS)" \
 	$$($$(PKG)_CONF_ENV) \
 	CONFIG_SITE=/dev/null \
 	./configure \