diff --git a/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.mk b/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.mk
index 29e9e5beb..1271e7cda 100644
--- a/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.mk
+++ b/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 FAKEROOT_VERSION:=1.9.5
 FAKEROOT_SOURCE:=fakeroot_$(FAKEROOT_VERSION).tar.gz
 FAKEROOT_SITE:=http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20080427T000000Z/pool/main/f/fakeroot/
-FAKEROOT_CONF_OPT = --program-prefix=''
 
 define FAKEROOT_PATCH_FAKEROOT_IN
 	# If using busybox getopt, make it be quiet.