diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils_4.10.0.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils_4.10.0.bb
index aa21637657..29ad6c7350 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils_4.10.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils_4.10.0.bb
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ DEPENDS = "bison-native"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1387e0b67ff247d2abde998f90dfbf70c1491391a59ddfecb8ae698789f0a4f5"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG[selinux] = "--with-selinux,--without-selinux,libselinux"
-# http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?27299
-CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS += "gl_cv_func_wcwidth_works=yes"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += "ac_cv_path_SORT=${bindir}/sort"