diff --git a/libs/postgresql/Makefile b/libs/postgresql/Makefile
index 19932fb06..b3b3e84e7 100644
--- a/libs/postgresql/Makefile
+++ b/libs/postgresql/Makefile
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 			--enable-depend \
 			$(if $(CONFIG_TARGET_avr32),--disable-spinlocks)
 
-EXTRA_CFLAGS:= -I$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/src/include/
-
 # Need a native ecpg, pg_config and zic for build
 define Host/Compile
 	$(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/src/bin/pg_config CC="$(HOSTCC)"
@@ -179,8 +177,6 @@ define Build/Configure
 	$(SED) 's@ECPG = ../../preproc/ecpg@ECPG = $(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG)/bin/ecpg@' $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/src/interfaces/ecpg/test/Makefile.regress
 endef
 
-TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC) -lpthread
-
 # because PROFILE means something else in the project Makefile
 unexport PROFILE