diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc
index 27a911dd8ff..47c15c116d8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS:append:mipsarch = " libc_cv_ld_gnu_indirect_function=no"
 GLIBC_EXTRA_OECONF ?= ""
 GLIBC_EXTRA_OECONF:class-nativesdk = ""
 
-# glibc make-syscalls.sh has a number of issues with /bin/dash and
-# it's output which make calls via the SHELL also has issues, so
-# ensure make uses /bin/bash
-EXTRA_OEMAKE += "SHELL=/bin/bash"
-
 # We do not need bash to run tzselect script, the default is to use
 # bash but it can be configured by setting KSHELL Makefile variable
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += "KSHELL=/bin/sh"