diff --git a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk
index f91ea7339a..bc909ad989 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/package.mk
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-docs \
                            --without-x \
                            --without-xerces \
                            --without-icu \
-                           --without-procps \
                            --without-kernel-modules \
                            --with-udev-rules-dir=/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/ \
                            --with-sysroot=$SYSROOT_PREFIX"