diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1cf1f5e434f7..fc0b71b26f9f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ def build_extension(self, ext):
             f"-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE={cfg}",
             f"-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX={extdir}",
             "-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON",
-            "-DVELOX_BUILD_MINIMAL_WITH_DWIO=ON",
             "-DVELOX_BUILD_PYTHON_PACKAGE=ON",
             f"-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE={exec_path} ",
         ]