diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/libxml/libxml++_2.40.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/libxml/libxml++_2.40.1.bb
index c3d647cd9c..a38315c4d5 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/libxml/libxml++_2.40.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/libxml/libxml++_2.40.1.bb
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ DEPENDS = "libxml2 glibmm"
 
 inherit distro_features_check autotools pkgconfig ptest
 
-REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
-
 do_compile_ptest() {
   oe_runmake -C examples buildtest
 }