diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5wayland/qt5wayland.mk b/package/qt5/qt5wayland/qt5wayland.mk
index 8a7f2e1fb5..0a7bdb8cf9 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5wayland/qt5wayland.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5wayland/qt5wayland.mk
@@ -26,13 +26,6 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5WAYLAND_COMPOSITOR),y)
 QT5WAYLAND_QMAKEFLAGS += CONFIG+=wayland-compositor
 endif
 
-# The mesa's EGL/eglplatform.h header includes X11 headers unless the flag
-# MESA_EGL_NO_X11_HEADERS is defined. Tell to not include X11 headers if
-# the libxcb is not selected.
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_OPENGL_EGL)x$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCB),yx)
-QT5WAYLAND_QMAKEFLAGS += QMAKE_CXXFLAGS+=-DMESA_EGL_NO_X11_HEADERS
-endif
-
 define QT5WAYLAND_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	(cd $(@D); $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(HOST_DIR)/bin/qmake $(QT5WAYLAND_QMAKEFLAGS))
 endef