diff --git a/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad_1.28.2.bb b/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad_1.28.2.bb
index cdf3a20dff..51f51761f9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad_1.28.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad_1.28.2.bb
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ??= " \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'mx32', '', 'rsvg', d)} \
 "
 
+PACKAGECONFIG:remove = "${@'vulkan' if (bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11 wayland', d) == '') else ''}"
+
 PACKAGECONFIG[analytics]       = "-Danalyticsoverlay=enabled,-Danalyticsoverlay=disabled,"
 PACKAGECONFIG[aom]             = "-Daom=enabled,-Daom=disabled,aom"
 PACKAGECONFIG[assrender]       = "-Dassrender=enabled,-Dassrender=disabled,libass"