diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
index 8270313109..4f709b3c6f 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ SDKPATHINSTALL = "/opt/${DISTRO}/${SDK_VERSION}"
 DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "${POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RDEPENDS}"
 DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "${POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS}"
 
-TCLIBCAPPEND = ""
-
 PACKAGE_CLASSES ?= "package_rpm"
 
 SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS ?= " \