diff --git a/packages/audio/alsa-plugins/build b/packages/audio/alsa-plugins/build
index 84fe0f6708..a96f82b7e5 100755
--- a/packages/audio/alsa-plugins/build
+++ b/packages/audio/alsa-plugins/build
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-if [ "$PULSEAUDIO_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
-  ALSAPLUGINS_PULSEAUDIO="--enable-pulseaudio"
-else
-  ALSAPLUGINS_PULSEAUDIO="--disable-pulseaudio"
-fi
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
@@ -21,7 +15,7 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --disable-jack \
             --disable-samplerate \
             --disable-avcodec \
-            $ALSAPLUGINS_PULSEAUDIO \
+            --disable-pulseaudio \
             --with-speex=lib \
 
 $MAKE
diff --git a/packages/audio/alsa-plugins/meta b/packages/audio/alsa-plugins/meta
index d7ad61fb5a..a7f99e7c0b 100644
--- a/packages/audio/alsa-plugins/meta
+++ b/packages/audio/alsa-plugins/meta
@@ -13,8 +13,3 @@ PKG_SHORTDESC="alsa-plugins: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Plugins"
 PKG_LONGDESC="ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) is the next generation Linux Sound API. It provides much finer (->better) access to the sound hardware, has a unbeatable mixer API and supports stuff like multi channel hardware, digital outs and ins, uninterleaved sound data access, and an oss emulation layer (for the old applications). It is the prefered API for professional sound apps under Linux."
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
-
-if [ "$PULSEAUDIO_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
-  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS pulseaudio"
-  PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS pulseaudio"
-fi