diff --git a/target/linux/uml/Makefile b/target/linux/uml/Makefile
index 430450ca0b03cf42fc302bd24b4dcfc1f42988db..be27179151e0ae830f8bab3d9065520ccbcf155b 100644
--- a/target/linux/uml/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/uml/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ ARCH:=$(shell uname -m | sed \
 	-e 's/sh[234]/sh/' \
 	-e 's/armeb/arm/' \
 )
-ARCH_PACKAGES:=uml
 BOARD:=uml
 BOARDNAME:=User Mode Linux
 FEATURES:=ext4 audio