diff --git a/srcpkgs/R/template b/srcpkgs/R/template
index 1a272c93bc6..def4ddaa50e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/R/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/R/template
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ shlib_provides="libR.so"
 pre_configure() {
 	export R_BROWSER=/usr/bin/xdg-open
 	export R_PDFVIEWER=/usr/bin/xdg-open
-	export FFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 }
 
 post_install() {