diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wget/wget.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wget/wget.inc
index 8903fee36b..0cd70b06af 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wget/wget.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/wget/wget.inc
@@ -9,14 +9,9 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/wget-${PV}"
 inherit autotools gettext
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = " \
-  --enable-ipv6 
+  --enable-ipv6 \ 
   --with-libssl-prefix=${STAGING_DIR}${HOST_SYS}"
 
-# The unslung kernel does not support ipv6
-EXTRA_OECONF_unslung = "--without-ssl"
-# SlugOS kernels do not support ipv6. Can be loaded as a module.
-EXTRA_OECONF_slugos = "--without-ssl"
-
 do_install_append () {
   mv ${D}${bindir}/wget ${D}${bindir}/wget.${PN}
 }