diff --git a/package/swupdate/swupdate.config b/package/swupdate/swupdate.config
index 643347013d..51869bb9d9 100644
--- a/package/swupdate/swupdate.config
+++ b/package/swupdate/swupdate.config
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE=""
 CONFIG_SYSROOT=""
 CONFIG_EXTRA_CFLAGS=""
 CONFIG_EXTRA_LDFLAGS=""
-CONFIG_EXTRA_LDLIBS="rt"
+CONFIG_EXTRA_LDLIBS=""
 
 #
 # Debugging Options