diff --git a/package/efl/Config.in b/package/efl/Config.in
index f963ade8e5..69b0dcfb39 100644
--- a/package/efl/Config.in
+++ b/package/efl/Config.in
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_EFL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG # Emile needs libjpeg
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL # Ecore_con_url, runtime dependency
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXKBCOMMON if BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND
 	# https://phab.enlightenment.org/T2728
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LUAJIT # Lua support broken
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
diff --git a/package/efl/efl.mk b/package/efl/efl.mk
index 777ef3c848..6af7aa0c5e 100644
--- a/package/efl/efl.mk
+++ b/package/efl/efl.mk
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ EFL_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-sdl \
 	--disable-spectre \
 	--disable-xinput22 \
+	--disable-wayland \
 	--with-doxygen=no
 
 # Disable untested configuration warning.
@@ -145,13 +146,6 @@ else
 EFL_CONF_OPTS += --with-crypto=none
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND),y)
-EFL_DEPENDENCIES += wayland libxkbcommon
-EFL_CONF_OPTS += --enable-wayland
-else
-EFL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-wayland
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_EFL_ELPUT),y)
 EFL_CONF_OPTS += --enable-elput
 EFL_DEPENDENCIES += libinput libxkbcommon