diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/tclibc-baremetal.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/tclibc-baremetal.inc
index abea5a7162..6043cb6654 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/tclibc-baremetal.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/tclibc-baremetal.inc
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ USE_NLS ?= "no"
 IMAGE_LINGUAS = ""
 LIBC_DEPENDENCIES = ""
 
-EXTRA_OECONF:pn-gcc-cross-${TARGET_ARCH}:append = " --without-headers"
 DEPENDS:remove:pn-meta-toolchain = "virtual/libc virtual/compilerlibs"
 
 # certain compiler libs cannot be used without libc, avoid the dependence on compilerlibs