diff --git a/package/network/utils/iproute2/Makefile b/package/network/utils/iproute2/Makefile
index 6a1b15e148..41668e9381 100644
--- a/package/network/utils/iproute2/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/utils/iproute2/Makefile
@@ -161,10 +161,8 @@ ifdef CONFIG_PACKAGE_rdma
   HAVE_MNL:=y
 endif
 
-define Build/Configure
-	echo "static const char SNAPSHOT[] = \"$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE)-openwrt\";" \
-		> $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/include/SNAPSHOT.h
-endef
+# Disable built-in configure invocation.
+Build/Configure=
 
 TARGET_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--as-needed
 TARGET_CPPFLAGS += -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/libnl-tiny