diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/cmake/cmake/OEToolchainConfig.cmake b/meta/recipes-devtools/cmake/cmake/OEToolchainConfig.cmake
index 86446c3ace3..3ddef12c835 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/cmake/cmake/OEToolchainConfig.cmake
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/cmake/cmake/OEToolchainConfig.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 set( CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Linux )
 set( CMAKE_C_FLAGS $ENV{CFLAGS} CACHE STRING "" FORCE )
 set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS $ENV{CXXFLAGS}  CACHE STRING "" FORCE )
-set( CMAKE_ASM_FLAGS ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} CACHE STRING "" FORCE )
 set( CMAKE_SYSROOT $ENV{OECORE_TARGET_SYSROOT} )
 
 set( CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH $ENV{OECORE_TARGET_SYSROOT} )