diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
index 7d99c158e5..13e8760a16 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/runtime_test.py
@@ -267,10 +267,6 @@ class TestImage(OESelftestTestCase):
                 self.fail("No render nodes found in /dev/dri: %s. %s" %(content, render_hint))
         except FileNotFoundError:
             self.fail("/dev/dri directory does not exist; no render nodes available on this machine. %s" %(render_hint))
-        try:
-            dripath = subprocess.check_output("PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH pkg-config --variable=dridriverdir dri", shell=True)
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            self.fail("Could not determine the path to dri drivers on the host via pkg-config.\nPlease install Mesa development files (particularly, dri.pc) on the host machine.")
         qemu_distrofeatures = get_bb_var('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'qemu-system-native')
         features = 'IMAGE_CLASSES += "testimage"\n'
         if 'opengl' not in qemu_distrofeatures: