diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.0.bb
index 4576f67..d44ff99 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rpm/rpm_5.4.0.bb
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ WITH_PYTHON = "	--with-python=${PYTHON_BASEVERSION} \
 		--without-pythonembed \
 	      "
 
-WITH_PYTHON_virtclass-native = " --without-python"
-
 # Perl modules are not built, but they could be enabled fairly easily
 # the perl module creation and installation would need to be patched.
 # (currently has host perl contamination issues)