diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim.inc b/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim.inc
index d6fdf45706..6e0058b13e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim.inc
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ do_configure () {
 }
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "\
-    ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'acl selinux', d)} \
-    ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'x11', '', d)} \
+    ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'acl selinux x11', d)} \
     nls \
 "
 
