diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/libidn/libidn_0.6.14.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/libidn/libidn_0.6.14.bb
index 5352b41a11..a13ed27135 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/libidn/libidn_0.6.14.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/libidn/libidn_0.6.14.bb
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ SRC_URI = "http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/libidn/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.gz"
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "040f012a45feb56168853998bb87ad4d"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "98910c2ad664bdf4eed2c2fff88e24f8882636ec9d26669366ff03b469c05ae3"
 
-EXTRA_OECONF = " --disable-tld"
-
 do_configure_prepend() {
 	# this version of libidn copies AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS from 
 	# autoconf CVS because atm the autoconf it uses is a bit old
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/libidn/libidn_1.28.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/libidn/libidn_1.28.bb
index e253be4890..5daff43229 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/libidn/libidn_1.28.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/libidn/libidn_1.28.bb
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "dd357a968449abc97c7e5fa088a4a384de57cb36564f9d4e0d898ecc63
 PACKAGES =+ "idn"
 FILES_idn = "${bindir}/*"
 
-EXTRA_OECONF = " --disable-tld"
-
 do_install_append() {
 	rm -rf ${D}${libdir}/Libidn.dll
 	rm -rf ${D}${datadir}/emacs