diff --git a/package/libnl/libnl.mk b/package/libnl/libnl.mk
index 5c884d79a..3b56bc87b 100644
--- a/package/libnl/libnl.mk
+++ b/package/libnl/libnl.mk
@@ -10,22 +10,11 @@ LIBNL_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1+
 LIBNL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBNL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBNL_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison host-flex
-LIBNL_BINARIES = class-add class-delete class-list classid-lookup cls-add \
-	cls-delete cls-list link-list pktloc-lookup qdisc-add qdisc-delete \
-	qdisc-list
 
-define LIBNL_UNINSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	rm -r $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl.* $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl-*.*
-	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl
-endef
-
-define LIBNL_REMOVE_TOOLS
-	rm -rf $(addprefix $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/nl-, $(LIBNL_BINARIES))
-	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/genl-ctrl-list
-endef
-
-ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNL_TOOLS),y)
-LIBNL_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += LIBNL_REMOVE_TOOLS
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNL_TOOLS),y)
+LIBNL_CONF_OPT += --enable-cli
+else
+LIBNL_CONF_OPT += --disable-cli
 endif
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))