diff --git a/srcpkgs/libopenshot-audio/template b/srcpkgs/libopenshot-audio/template
index d9a6a719734..56c330eafcf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libopenshot-audio/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libopenshot-audio/template
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ homepage="https://github.com/OpenShot/libopenshot-audio"
 distfiles="https://github.com/OpenShot/libopenshot-audio/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=937ff4f1c2dfb8ab5d56ad85beacaa29dfd5a79af0d9cf647386034fe9882309
 
-CXXFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/freetype2"
-
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
 	CXXFLAGS+=" -latomic "