diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5multimedia/qt5multimedia.mk b/package/qt5/qt5multimedia/qt5multimedia.mk
index 041ef49092..6df96bcab4 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5multimedia/qt5multimedia.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5multimedia/qt5multimedia.mk
@@ -34,15 +34,8 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB),y)
 QT5MULTIMEDIA_DEPENDENCIES += alsa-lib
 endif
 
-# The mesa's EGL/eglplatform.h header includes X11 headers unless the flag
-# MESA_EGL_NO_X11_HEADERS is defined. Tell to not include X11 headers if
-# the libxcb is not selected.
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_OPENGL_EGL)x$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCB),yx)
-QT5MULTIMEDIA_QMAKEFLAGS += QMAKE_CXXFLAGS+=-DMESA_EGL_NO_X11_HEADERS
-endif
-
 define QT5MULTIMEDIA_CONFIGURE_CMDS
-	(cd $(@D); $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(HOST_DIR)/bin/qmake $(QT5MULTIMEDIA_QMAKEFLAGS))
+	(cd $(@D); $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(HOST_DIR)/bin/qmake)
 endef
 
 define QT5MULTIMEDIA_BUILD_CMDS