diff --git a/meta/packages/startup-notification/startup-notification_0.10.bb b/meta/packages/startup-notification/startup-notification_0.10.bb
index 62f89417f2..8b349821f5 100644
--- a/meta/packages/startup-notification/startup-notification_0.10.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/startup-notification/startup-notification_0.10.bb
@@ -21,7 +21,3 @@ DEPENDS = "virtual/libx11 libsm xcb-util"
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/startup-notification/releases/${PN}-${PV}.tar.gz"
-
-do_configure_prepend () {
-        export X_LIBS=" -L${STAGING_LIBDIR}"
-}