diff --git a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-tapi/Makefile b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-tapi/Makefile
index 2582235dc9..921e9a18e3 100644
--- a/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-tapi/Makefile
+++ b/package/kernel/lantiq/ltq-tapi/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources
 PKG_MD5SUM:=edb43b494832c540cc035493d18db58f
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>
 
+PKG_USE_MIPS16:=0
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/ltqtapi.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk