diff --git a/package/mesa3d/Config.in b/package/mesa3d/Config.in
index 1f5f221337..fa17734a03 100644
--- a/package/mesa3d/Config.in
+++ b/package/mesa3d/Config.in
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_VULKAN_DRIVER
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_DRIVER
 	bool
 
+# Gallium xa state tracker.
+# Quote from mesa3d meson.build: "XA state tracker requires at least
+# one of the following gallium drivers: nouveau, freedreno, i915, svga.
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_NEEDS_XA
 	bool
 
@@ -129,7 +132,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_DRIVER_R600
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LLVM_AMDGPU if BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_LLVM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ELFUTILS if BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_LLVM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_NEEDS_ELFUTILS if BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_LLVM
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_NEEDS_XA
 	help
 	  Driver for ATI/AMD Radeon R600/R700/HD5000/HD6000 GPUs.
 
@@ -151,7 +153,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_DRIVER_RADEONSI
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LLVM_AMDGPU
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ELFUTILS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_NEEDS_ELFUTILS
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_NEEDS_XA
 	help
 	  Driver for ATI/AMD Radeon HD7000/HD8000/Rx200 GPUs.
 
@@ -188,7 +189,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_DRIVER_VC4
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_DRIVER
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_KMSRO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM_VC4
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_NEEDS_XA
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_OPENGL_EGL
 	help
 	  Driver for Broadcom VC4 (rpi2/3) GPUs.
diff --git a/package/mesa3d/mesa3d.mk b/package/mesa3d/mesa3d.mk
index 81736c83d3..24df2a1ccc 100644
--- a/package/mesa3d/mesa3d.mk
+++ b/package/mesa3d/mesa3d.mk
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ MESA3D_DEPENDENCIES += \
 	xorgproto \
 	libxcb
 MESA3D_CONF_OPTS += --enable-glx --disable-mangling
-# quote from mesa3d configure "Building xa requires at least one non swrast gallium driver."
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_NEEDS_XA),y)
 MESA3D_CONF_OPTS += --enable-xa
 else