diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
index 40723eb..4122a88 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
@@ -17,4 +17,3 @@ PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel ?= "linux-yocto"
 #PREFERRED_PROVIDER_linux-libc-headers ?= "linux-libc-headers-yocto"
 
 EXTRA_IMAGEDEPENDS += "qemu-native qemu-helper-native"
-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS = "qemu-config"