diff --git a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-ifxos/Makefile b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-ifxos/Makefile
index a0891be3e0..43eb53c542 100644
--- a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-ifxos/Makefile
+++ b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-ifxos/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0 BSD-2-Clause
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
 
 
-PKG_USE_MIPS16:=0
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk