diff --git a/package/libs/libnftnl/Makefile b/package/libs/libnftnl/Makefile
index f90c6fb3e5..74771fe678 100644
--- a/package/libs/libnftnl/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/libnftnl/Makefile
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--enable-static \
-	--enable-shared \
-	--without-json-parsing
+	--enable-shared
 
 define Build/InstallDev
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include/libnftnl