diff --git a/meta/recipes-multimedia/libpng/libpng_1.6.38.bb b/meta/recipes-multimedia/libpng/libpng_1.6.38.bb
index dc627203ef..7da71d9d3b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-multimedia/libpng/libpng_1.6.38.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-multimedia/libpng/libpng_1.6.38.bb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ BINCONFIG = "${bindir}/libpng-config ${bindir}/libpng16-config"
 inherit autotools binconfig-disabled pkgconfig
 
 # Work around missing symbols
-EXTRA_OECONF:append:class-target = " ${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "neon", "--enable-arm-neon=on", "--enable-arm-neon=off", d)}"
+EXTRA_OECONF:append:class-target = " --enable-hardware-optimizations=on "
 
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-tools"