diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-lsb.conf b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-lsb.conf
index 48ae2d373c..9b36c87c48 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-lsb.conf
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-lsb.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ DISTRO = "poky-lsb"
 DISTROOVERRIDES = "poky:linuxstdbase"
 
 DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " pam"
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/libx11 = "libx11"
 
 # Ensure the kernel nfs server is enabled
 KERNEL_FEATURES_append_pn-linux-yocto = " features/nfsd/nfsd-enable.scc"