diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/wget/wget_1.25.0.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/wget/wget_1.25.0.bb
index f0d3458462..28e27396a4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/wget/wget_1.25.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/wget/wget_1.25.0.bb
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[iri] = "--enable-iri,--disable-iri,libidn2"
 PACKAGECONFIG[libpsl] = "--with-libpsl,--without-libpsl,libpsl"
 PACKAGECONFIG[libuuid] = "--with-libuuid,--without-libuuid,util-linux"
 PACKAGECONFIG[openssl] = "--with-ssl=openssl,,openssl"
-PACKAGECONFIG[pcre] = "--enable-pcre,--disable-pcre,libpcre"
 PACKAGECONFIG[pcre2] = "--enable-pcre2,--disable-pcre2,libpcre2"
 PACKAGECONFIG[zlib] = "--with-zlib,--without-zlib,zlib"