diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/mbedtls/mbedtls_3.6.0.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/mbedtls/mbedtls_3.6.0.bb
index a10fce0ffc..7011d54f35 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/mbedtls/mbedtls_3.6.0.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/mbedtls/mbedtls_3.6.0.bb
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[werror] = "-DMBEDTLS_FATAL_WARNINGS=ON,-DMBEDTLS_FATAL_WARNINGS=OF
 PACKAGECONFIG[psa] = ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[tests] = "-DENABLE_TESTING=ON,-DENABLE_TESTING=OFF"
 
-EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DLIB_INSTALL_DIR:STRING=${libdir}"
-
 # For now the only way to enable PSA is to explicitly pass a -D via CFLAGS
 CFLAGS:append = "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'psa', ' -DMBEDTLS_USE_PSA_CRYPTO', '', d)}"