diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libiio/libiio_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libiio/libiio_git.bb
index cc0efccf99..5d422520b8 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libiio/libiio_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libiio/libiio_git.bb
@@ -24,11 +24,10 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE = " \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', '-DWITH_SYSTEMD=ON -DSYSTEMD_UNIT_INSTALL_DIR=${systemd_system_unitdir}', '', d)} \
 "
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= "USB_BACKEND NETWORK_BACKEND PYTHON_BINDINGS"
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "USB_BACKEND NETWORK_BACKEND"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG[USB_BACKEND] = "-DWITH_USB_BACKEND=ON,-DWITH_USB_BACKEND=OFF,libusb1,libxml2"
 PACKAGECONFIG[NETWORK_BACKEND] = "-DWITH_NETWORK_BACKEND=ON,-DWITH_NETWORK_BACKEND=OFF,libxml2"
-PACKAGECONFIG[PYTHON_BINDINGS] = ",,python"
 
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-iiod ${PN}-tests ${PN}-python"