diff --git a/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile b/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile
index 732aa0f34f..999dd3c5be 100644
--- a/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ PKG_LICENSE=Apache2.0
 include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
 
 all:
-	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/src -f $(CURDIR)/Makefile.$(PKG_NAME)
+	@:
diff --git a/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile.flatbuffers b/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile.flatbuffers
deleted file mode 100644
index ca39aaabec..0000000000
--- a/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile.flatbuffers
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-MODULE = flatbuffers
-
-NO_AUTO_SRC := 1
-
-include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile.include b/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile.include
index b2327fa368..7834c14393 100644
--- a/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile.include
+++ b/pkg/flatbuffers/Makefile.include
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ endif
 
 # This module requires cpp11 support
 CXXEXFLAGS += -std=c++11
+
+# This package is a header only package, so there's nothing to build
+PSEUDOMODULES += flatbuffers