diff --git a/tools/rpkg/rconfigure.py b/tools/rpkg/rconfigure.py
index 3e02bdf3c23..d123f96cf65 100644
--- a/tools/rpkg/rconfigure.py
+++ b/tools/rpkg/rconfigure.py
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 
 extensions = ['parquet']
 
-if platform.system() == 'Linux' and platform.architecture()[0] == '64bit':
-    extensions.append('jemalloc')
-
 # check if there are any additional extensions being requested
 if 'DUCKDB_R_EXTENSIONS' in os.environ:
     extensions = extensions + os.environ['DUCKDB_R_EXTENSIONS'].split(",")