diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/mplayer/mplayer2_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/mplayer/mplayer2_git.bb
index 81d3376d72..ee64ca80d2 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/mplayer/mplayer2_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/mplayer/mplayer2_git.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Open Source multimedia player."
 SECTION = "multimedia"
-PRIORITY = "optional"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.mplayerhq.hu/"
 DEPENDS = "libvpx live555 libdvdread libtheora virtual/libsdl ffmpeg xsp zlib libpng jpeg liba52 freetype fontconfig alsa-lib lzo ncurses lame libxv virtual/libx11 virtual/kernel libass \
 	   ${@base_conditional('ENTERPRISE_DISTRO', '1', '', 'libmad liba52 lame', d)}"