diff --git a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gdb/target.inc b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gdb/target.inc
index 71855eb517..93d1985db3 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gdb/target.inc
+++ b/repos/ports/src/noux-pkg/gdb/target.inc
@@ -16,6 +16,4 @@ LIBS += stdcxx ncurses expat gmp
 # workaround for problems with makeinfo version 5
 MAKE_ENV += "MAKEINFO=true"
 
-INSTALL_TARGET = install
-
 include $(call select_from_repositories,mk/noux.mk)