diff --git a/package/Makefile.in b/package/Makefile.in
index e65e08b336..a0c5a7a48d 100644
--- a/package/Makefile.in
+++ b/package/Makefile.in
@@ -369,12 +369,6 @@ else
 DISABLE_NLS :=--disable-nls
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_INET_IPV6),y)
-DISABLE_IPV6 = --enable-ipv6
-else
-DISABLE_IPV6 = --disable-ipv6
-endif
-
 ifneq ($(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP),y)
 TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS += CXX=false
 endif
diff --git a/package/pkg-autotools.mk b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
index 2ecf7d8273..49b42d443b 100644
--- a/package/pkg-autotools.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ define $(2)_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 		--with-xmlto=no \
 		--with-fop=no \
 		--disable-dependency-tracking \
+		--enable-ipv6 \
 		$$(DISABLE_NLS) \
-		$$(DISABLE_IPV6) \
 		$$(ENABLE_DEBUG) \
 		$$(SHARED_STATIC_LIBS_OPTS) \
 		$$(QUIET) $$($$(PKG)_CONF_OPTS) \