diff --git a/recipes-graphics/cairo/cairo_%.bbappend b/recipes-graphics/cairo/cairo_%.bbappend
index c61e9a589..bf8c38fc3 100644
--- a/recipes-graphics/cairo/cairo_%.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-graphics/cairo/cairo_%.bbappend
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-PACKAGECONFIG:append:imxgpu3d = " egl glesv2"
-PACKAGECONFIG:remove:imxgpu3d = "opengl"
-
 # links with imx-gpu libs which are pre-built for glibc
 # gcompat will address it during runtime
 LDFLAGS:append:imxgpu:libc-musl = " -Wl,--allow-shlib-undefined"