diff --git a/ArduPlane/Makefile b/ArduPlane/Makefile
index f8f715bb1a..725e5d2810 100644
--- a/ArduPlane/Makefile
+++ b/ArduPlane/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 include ../mk/apm.mk
 
-sitl-newcontrollers: EXTRAFLAGS += "-DAPM_CONTROL=ENABLED "
-sitl-newcontrollers: sitl