diff --git a/release/picobsd/custom/crunch2/Makefile b/release/picobsd/custom/crunch2/Makefile
index 7b12b5fcd59..ce2fada395d 100644
--- a/release/picobsd/custom/crunch2/Makefile
+++ b/release/picobsd/custom/crunch2/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ all: crunch install
 crunch:
 	@cat crunch.conf|sed -e "s@/usr/src@${SRC}@" >crunch2.conf
 	@crunchgen ./crunch2.conf
-	@${MAKE} -f crunch2.mk -DNOPAM all \
-	    "CFLAGS=${CFLAGS} -DRELEASE_CRUNCH -DCRUNCHED_BINARY -DNOSECURE -DNOCRYPT" #2>&1 >/dev/null
+	${MAKE} -f crunch2.mk RELEASE_CRUNCH= -DNOPAM all \
+	    "CFLAGS=${CFLAGS} -DRELEASE_CRUNCH -DCRUNCHED_BINARY -DNOSECURE -DNOCRYPT"
 
 clean:
 	rm  -f *.o *.stub *.lo *_stub.c *.mkcrunch.cache Make.log *~