diff --git a/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.mk b/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.mk
index 8949cb2b1c..b5b9be3778 100644
--- a/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.mk
+++ b/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.mk
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ endif
 # 2D CANVAS acceleration requires OpenGL proper with cairo-gl
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3_X11),y)
 WEBKITGTK_CONF_OPTS += \
-	-DENABLE_ACCELERATED_2D_CANVAS=ON \
 	-DENABLE_GLES2=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_X11_TARGET=ON
 WEBKITGTK_DEPENDENCIES += libgl \