diff --git a/packages/linux/unpack b/packages/linux/unpack
index 5fb41b9ac7..41b5e4f320 100755
--- a/packages/linux/unpack
+++ b/packages/linux/unpack
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=.*$|CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=\"$ROOT/$BUILD
     sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=.*$|# CONFIG_DEBUG_FS is not set|" $LINUX/.config
   fi
 
-# prevent nouveau from building unless it is the active graphics driver
-  if [ "$GRAPHIC_DRIVERS" != "nouveau" ]; then
-    sed -i -e "s|^CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU=.*$|# CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU is not set|" $LINUX/.config
-  fi
-
 # copy some extra firmware to linux tree
   cp -R $PKG_DIR/firmware/* $LINUX/firmware