diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
index 29588e49130..fd17097b56d 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto-tiny ?= "6.10%"
 # Drop kernel-module-af-packet from RRECOMMENDS
 POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = ""
 
-# FIXME: what should we do with this?
-TCLIBCAPPEND = ""
-
 # Disable wide char support for ncurses as we don't include it in
 # in the LIBC features below.
 # Leave native enable to avoid build failures