diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/as-needed.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/as-needed.inc
index 114d377eac..6a8ad9d624 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/as-needed.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/as-needed.inc
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ ASNEEDED_pn-openobex = ""
 ASNEEDED_pn-icu = ""
 ASNEEDED_pn-pciutils = ""
 ASNEEDED_pn-puzzles = ""
-ASNEEDED_pn-pulseaudio = ""
 ASNEEDED_pn-rpm = ""
 
 TARGET_LDFLAGS += "${ASNEEDED}"