diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind_9.18.28.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind_9.18.28.bb
index ca2aef233b..4b0948298e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind_9.18.28.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bind/bind_9.18.28.bb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ inherit autotools update-rc.d systemd useradd pkgconfig multilib_header update-a
 
 # PACKAGECONFIGs readline and libedit should NOT be set at same time
 PACKAGECONFIG ?= "readline"
-PACKAGECONFIG[httpstats] = "--with-libxml2=${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${prefix},--without-libxml2,libxml2"
+PACKAGECONFIG[httpstats] = "--with-libxml2,--without-libxml2,libxml2"
 PACKAGECONFIG[readline] = "--with-readline=readline,,readline"
 PACKAGECONFIG[libedit] = "--with-readline=libedit,,libedit"
 PACKAGECONFIG[dns-over-http] = "--enable-doh,--disable-doh,nghttp2"