diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/mysql/mariadb.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/mysql/mariadb.inc
index 6e7c01a775..f0cec75568 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/mysql/mariadb.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/mysql/mariadb.inc
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DWITH_EMBEDDED_SERVER=ON \
                  -DINSTALL_SYSCONFDIR:PATH=${sysconfdir} \
                  -DMYSQL_DATADIR:PATH=/var/mysql \
                  -DCAT_EXECUTABLE=`which cat` \
-                 -DSTACK_DIRECTION=1 \
                  -DHAVE_SYSTEM_LIBFMT_EXITCODE=0 \
                  -DCMAKE_AR:FILEPATH=${AR}"