diff --git a/package/libvirt/libvirt.mk b/package/libvirt/libvirt.mk
index 0c1ee82f43..816bb0760d 100644
--- a/package/libvirt/libvirt.mk
+++ b/package/libvirt/libvirt.mk
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ LIBVIRT_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dpciaccess=enabled \
 	-Dpm_utils=disabled \
 	-Dsanlock=disabled \
+	-Dsasl=disabled \
 	-Dsecdriver_apparmor=disabled \
 	-Dstorage_iscsi=disabled \
 	-Dstorage_iscsi_direct=disabled \
@@ -212,13 +213,6 @@ else
 LIBVIRT_CONF_OPTS += -Dnss=disabled
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGSASL),y)
-LIBVIRT_CONF_OPTS += -Dsasl=enabled
-LIBVIRT_DEPENDENCIES += libgsasl
-else
-LIBVIRT_CONF_OPTS += -Dsasl=disabled
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSSH2),y)
 LIBVIRT_CONF_OPTS += -Dlibssh2=enabled
 LIBVIRT_DEPENDENCIES += libssh2