diff --git a/packages/devel/readline/package.mk b/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
index 14befaeb7..e25b975b6 100644
--- a/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
@@ -17,12 +17,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="bash_cv_wcwidth_broken=no \
                            --disable-static \
                            --with-curses"
 
-pre_configure_target() {
-   export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -lncurses"
-}
-
 post_makeinstall_target() {
-  sed -i 's/-lreadline/-lreadline -lncursesw -ltinfo/' ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/lib/pkgconfig/readline.pc
-
+  sed -i 's/-lreadline/-lreadline -lncursesw/' ${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/lib/pkgconfig/readline.pc
   rm -rf ${INSTALL}/usr/share/readline
 }