diff --git a/packages/subversion/build.sh b/packages/subversion/build.sh
index 3d70b599d..3be960835 100644
--- a/packages/subversion/build.sh
+++ b/packages/subversion/build.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,3 @@ TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.8.13
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://apache.mirrors.spacedump.net/subversion/subversion-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="apr, apr-util, serf, libexpat, libsqlite"
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--without-sasl --without-libmagic"
-
-# subversion compiles with std=c90, but the NDK asm/byteorder.h uses C99 inline:
-CFLAGS+=" -std=c99"