diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/fontconfig/fontconfig_2.17.1.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/fontconfig/fontconfig_2.17.1.bb
index 17d2f87dd6..48151fe4f5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/fontconfig/fontconfig_2.17.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/fontconfig/fontconfig_2.17.1.bb
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ RREPLACES:fontconfig-utils = "libfontconfig-utils"
 RCONFLICTS:fontconfig-utils = "libfontconfig-utils"
 DEBIAN_NOAUTONAME:fontconfig-utils = "1"
 
-inherit meson pkgconfig relative_symlinks gettext
+inherit meson pkgconfig gettext
 
 FONTCONFIG_CACHE_DIR ?= "${localstatedir}/cache/fontconfig"