diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_11.1.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_11.1.1.bb
index 5d544d8d13..b9646e5179 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_11.1.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_11.1.1.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ BBCLASSEXTEND = "nativesdk"
 
 require qemu.inc
 
-DEPENDS += "glib-2.0 zlib pixman"
+DEPENDS += "glib-2.0 zlib"
 
 DEPENDS:append:libc-musl = " libucontext"
 
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ EXTRA_OECONF:append:class-target:mipsarcho32 = "${@bb.utils.contains('BBEXTENDCU
 EXTRA_OECONF:append:class-nativesdk = " --target-list=${@get_qemu_target_list(d)}"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= " \
-    fdt sdl kvm pie slirp \
+    fdt sdl pixman kvm pie slirp \
     ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'alsa pulseaudio xen', d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'opengl', 'virglrenderer epoxy', '', d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'seccomp', d)} \
 "
-PACKAGECONFIG:class-nativesdk ??= "fdt sdl kvm pie slirp \
+PACKAGECONFIG:class-nativesdk ??= "fdt sdl pixman kvm pie slirp \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'opengl', 'virglrenderer epoxy', '', d)} \
 "
 # ppc32 hosts are no longer supported in qemu