diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rrdtool/rrdtool_1.5.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rrdtool/rrdtool_1.5.4.bb
index 216aafcee7..73a5d0e5b2 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rrdtool/rrdtool_1.5.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/rrdtool/rrdtool_1.5.4.bb
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ export STAGING_INCDIR
 # emulate cpan_do_configure
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = ' PERL5LIB="${PERL_ARCHLIB}" '
 # Avoid do_configure error on some hosts
-export PERLHOSTLIB = ""
 
 do_configure() {
+    unset PERLHOSTLIB
     #fix the pkglib problem with newer automake
     #perl
     sed -i -e "s|-Wl,--rpath -Wl,\$rp||g" \