diff --git a/package/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.mk b/package/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.mk
index ffaf93a7cd..cd3fcb9755 100644
--- a/package/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.mk
+++ b/package/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 TRACE_CMD_VERSION = trace-cmd-v2.9.1
 TRACE_CMD_SITE = https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.git
 TRACE_CMD_SITE_METHOD = git
-TRACE_CMD_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 TRACE_CMD_LICENSE = GPL-2.0, LGPL-2.1
 TRACE_CMD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB LICENSES/GPL-2.0 LICENSES/LGPL-2.1