diff --git a/package/lshw/lshw.mk b/package/lshw/lshw.mk
index 43b937b920..9b52b09167 100644
--- a/package/lshw/lshw.mk
+++ b/package/lshw/lshw.mk
@@ -9,13 +9,8 @@ LSHW_SITE = http://ezix.org/software/files
 LSHW_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 LSHW_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
-LSHW_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
-ifeq ($(BR2_SYSTEM_ENABLE_NLS),)
-LSHW_CFLAGS += -DNONLS
-endif
-
 LSHW_MAKE_OPTS = CC="$(TARGET_CC)" CXX="$(TARGET_CXX)" AR="$(TARGET_AR)" \
-	RPM_OPT_FLAGS="$(LSHW_CFLAGS)" all
+	RPM_OPT_FLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" all
 LSHW_MAKE_ENV = \
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) \
 	LIBS=$(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)