diff --git a/cmake/rocksdb_CMakeLists.txt.in b/cmake/rocksdb_CMakeLists.txt.in
index 984fe27e07babf161067bbebbf545aed4db16ac2..066c8f0c5e37791d97033c606e75ebc95be4d369 100644
--- a/cmake/rocksdb_CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/cmake/rocksdb_CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ ExternalProject_Add(rocksdb
 	CMAKE_ARGS 
         -DPORTABLE=1
         -DWITH_GFLAGS=0 
-        -DWITH_JEMALLOC=0
         CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
         BUILD_COMMAND ""
         INSTALL_COMMAND ""