diff --git a/pkg/gemmlowp/Makefile b/pkg/gemmlowp/Makefile
index 4d064e0eb9..12e2e86bbe 100644
--- a/pkg/gemmlowp/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/gemmlowp/Makefile
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ PKG_LICENSE=Apache2.0
 include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
 
 all:
-	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR) -f $(CURDIR)/Makefile.$(PKG_NAME)
+	@:
diff --git a/pkg/gemmlowp/Makefile.gemmlowp b/pkg/gemmlowp/Makefile.gemmlowp
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b3e5c6895..0000000000
--- a/pkg/gemmlowp/Makefile.gemmlowp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-MODULE = gemmlowp
-
-NO_AUTO_SRC = 1
-
-include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/pkg/gemmlowp/Makefile.include b/pkg/gemmlowp/Makefile.include
index 2b5ba63005..f9ae0d6538 100644
--- a/pkg/gemmlowp/Makefile.include
+++ b/pkg/gemmlowp/Makefile.include
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 INCLUDES += -I$(PKGDIRBASE)/gemmlowp
 
 CXXEXFLAGS += -Wno-sign-compare
+
+# This package is a header only package, so there's nothing to build
+PSEUDOMODULES += gemmlowp