diff --git a/packages/graphics/harfbuzz/package.mk b/packages/graphics/harfbuzz/package.mk
index 31a1f1d804..66a3072570 100644
--- a/packages/graphics/harfbuzz/package.mk
+++ b/packages/graphics/harfbuzz/package.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ PKG_TOOLCHAIN="meson"
 PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="-Dbenchmark=disabled \
                        -Dcairo=enabled \
                        -Ddocs=disabled \
-                       -Dfontconfig=enabled \
                        -Dfreetype=enabled \
                        -Dglib=enabled \
                        -Dgobject=disabled \