diff --git a/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.mk b/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.mk
index 86eebb5c4..9b4446c49 100644
--- a/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.mk
+++ b/package/sqlcipher/sqlcipher.mk
@@ -11,14 +11,13 @@ SQLCIPHER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 SQLCIPHER_CONF_ENV = \
 	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(SQLCIPHER_CFLAGS)" \
-	LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(SQLCIPHER_LDFLAGS)" \
 	TCLSH_CMD=$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/tclsh$(TCL_VERSION_MAJOR)
 
 SQLCIPHER_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--enable-threadsafe
 
 SQLCIPHER_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_HAS_CODEC # Required according to the README
-SQLCIPHER_LDFLAGS += -lcrypto -lz
+SQLCIPHER_CONF_ENV += LIBS="-lcrypto -lz"
 
 ifneq ($(BR2_LARGEFILE),y)
 # the sqlite configure script fails to define SQLITE_DISABLE_LFS when