diff --git a/meta/classes-global/staging.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/staging.bbclass
index 5833abebc8..20340a16e1 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/staging.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/staging.bbclass
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ SYSROOT_DIRS_IGNORE = " \
     ${mandir} \
     ${docdir} \
     ${infodir} \
-    ${datadir}/X11/locale \
     ${datadir}/applications \
     ${datadir}/bash-completion \
     ${datadir}/fonts \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-lib/libx11_1.8.14.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-lib/libx11_1.8.14.bb
index 25fcd6d8b9..5e35bda3c5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-lib/libx11_1.8.14.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-lib/libx11_1.8.14.bb
@@ -39,6 +39,4 @@ FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/X11/XKeysymDB ${datadir}/X11/XErrorDB ${datadir}/X11/
 FILES:${PN}-xcb += "${libdir}/libX11-xcb.so.*"
 FILES:${PN}-locale += "${datadir}/X11/locale ${libdir}/X11/locale"

-SYSROOT_DIRS_IGNORE:remove:class-target = "${datadir}/X11/locale"
-
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"