diff --git a/package/hackrf/hackrf.mk b/package/hackrf/hackrf.mk
index d80f87e6b9..6d694f5fbc 100644
--- a/package/hackrf/hackrf.mk
+++ b/package/hackrf/hackrf.mk
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ HACKRF_DEPENDENCIES = fftw-single libusb
 HACKRF_SUBDIR = host
 HACKRF_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
-HACKRF_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_HACKRF_TOOLS=ON
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV),y)
 HACKRF_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON \