diff --git a/package/gdal/gdal.mk b/package/gdal/gdal.mk
index ce67399c32..3f39aa657a 100644
--- a/package/gdal/gdal.mk
+++ b/package/gdal/gdal.mk
@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@ GDAL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 GDAL_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = gdal-config
 GDAL_SUPPORTS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD = NO
 
-# Using 'make' with CMake's Makefile generator will not work, as
-# 'make' uses GNUmakefile first, but GNUmakefile is provided by
-# autotools in gdal. We need to force 'make' to use the Makefile,
-# which is generated by CMake. GNUmakefile and autoconf are dropped in
-# 3.6 so this can be dropped in future version.
-GDAL_MAKE_OPTS += -f Makefile
-
 # gdal at its core only needs host-pkgconf, libgeotiff, proj and tiff
 # but since by default mrf driver support is enabled, it also needs
 # jpeg, libpng and zlib. By default there are also many other drivers