diff --git a/package/crda/crda.mk b/package/crda/crda.mk
index abfbb8e1ef..24bfd5fcc3 100644
--- a/package/crda/crda.mk
+++ b/package/crda/crda.mk
@@ -12,17 +12,6 @@ CRDA_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-python-m2crypto \
 CRDA_LICENSE = ISC
 CRDA_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 
-# libnl-3 needs -lm (for rint) and -lpthread if linking statically.
-# And library order matters hence stick -lnl-3 first since it's appended
-# in the crda Makefiles as in NLLIBS+=-lnl-3 ... thus failing.
-#
-# libgcrypt needs -lgpg-error if linking statically, which is correctly
-# set by the libgcrypt-config script (and in the right order).
-ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
-CRDA_NLLIBS += -lnl-3 -lm -lpthread
-CRDA_LDLIBS += `$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/libgcrypt-config --libs`
-endif
-
 # * key2pub.py currently is not python3 compliant (though python2/python3
 #   compliance could rather easily be achieved.
 # * key2pub.py uses M2Crypto python module, which is only available for
@@ -30,8 +19,6 @@ endif
 #   interpreter, hence the host-python dependency and the PYTHON variable.
 define CRDA_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-		LDLIBS="$(CRDA_LDLIBS)" \
-		NLLIBS="$(CRDA_NLLIBS)" \
 		PYTHON=$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python2 \
 		$(MAKE) all_noverify -C $(@D)
 endef