diff --git a/target/board/generic_armv5/BoardConfig.mk b/target/board/generic_armv5/BoardConfig.mk
index 95fb559db5..016937a688 100644
--- a/target/board/generic_armv5/BoardConfig.mk
+++ b/target/board/generic_armv5/BoardConfig.mk
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@ include build/target/board/generic/BoardConfig.mk
 TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT := armv5te
 TARGET_CPU_ABI := armeabi
 TARGET_CPU_ABI2 :=
-ARCH_ARM_HAVE_TLS_REGISTER := false
 
 WITH_DEXPREOPT := false