diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/libzip/libzip_1.12.1.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/libzip/libzip_1.12.1.bb
index 900f65b531..2a045cc565 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/libzip/libzip_1.12.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/libzip/libzip_1.12.1.bb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "c40062022a1963c80573d48f6070792297cecd7c6bffe3aefcac0d8b9b
 
 inherit cmake lib_package
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ?= "bzip2 ssl lzma tools examples"
+PACKAGECONFIG ?= "bzip2 ssl lzma tools"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG[bzip2] = "-DENABLE_BZIP2=ON,-DENABLE_BZIP2=OFF,bzip2"
 PACKAGECONFIG[ssl] = "-DENABLE_OPENSSL=ON,-DENABLE_OPENSSL=OFF,openssl"