diff --git a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf
index 362f6e040e7..8b67cefef70 100644
--- a/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto-bsp/conf/machine/beaglebone-yocto.conf
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 #@DESCRIPTION: Reference machine configuration for http://beagleboard.org/bone and http://beagleboard.org/black boards
 
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/xserver ?= "xserver-xorg"
-XSERVER ?= "xserver-xorg \
-           xf86-video-modesetting \
-           "
 
 MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-modules kernel-devicetree"