diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-ugly/gst1-plugins-ugly.mk b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-ugly/gst1-plugins-ugly.mk
index 284516f7d1..9f8b1d3359 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-ugly/gst1-plugins-ugly.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-ugly/gst1-plugins-ugly.mk
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_CONF_OPTS += -Drealmedia=disabled
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_PLUGIN_DVDREAD),y)
-# configure does not use pkg-config to detect libdvdread
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDVDCSS)$(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),yy)
-GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_LDFLAGS += "-ldvdcss"
-endif
 GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_CONF_OPTS += -Ddvdread=enabled
 GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_DEPENDENCIES += libdvdread
 GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_HAS_GPL_LICENSE = y