diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 00a67009a8..0defd74a9c 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -712,7 +712,6 @@ video_output_features = [
     }, {
         'name': 'vaapi-egl',
         'desc': 'VAAPI EGL',
-        'deps': [ 'c11-tls' ], # indirectly
         'deps_any': [ 'vaapi-x-egl', 'vaapi-wayland' ],
         'func': check_true,
     }, {