diff --git a/packaging/flatpak/org.wesnoth.Wesnoth.json b/packaging/flatpak/org.wesnoth.Wesnoth.json
index 8448671fa68..1766f3f6d13 100644
--- a/packaging/flatpak/org.wesnoth.Wesnoth.json
+++ b/packaging/flatpak/org.wesnoth.Wesnoth.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
                 "/share/applications/wesnoth_editor.desktop"
             ],
             "build-commands": [
-                "scons -j4 prefix=/app extra_flags_release='-licudata -licui18n -licuuc -lboost_thread' ccache=true install wesnoth wesnothd"
+                "scons -j4 prefix=/app ccache=true install wesnoth wesnothd"
 	    ],
             "sources": [
                 {