diff --git a/x11-misc/xkeyboard-config/xkeyboard-config-9999.ebuild b/x11-misc/xkeyboard-config/xkeyboard-config-9999.ebuild
index f0f55eafa6743..71e81b2844225 100644
--- a/x11-misc/xkeyboard-config/xkeyboard-config-9999.ebuild
+++ b/x11-misc/xkeyboard-config/xkeyboard-config-9999.ebuild
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 src_configure() {
 	local emesonargs=(
-		-Dxkb-base="${EPREFIX}/usr/share/X11/xkb"
 		-Dcompat-rules=true
 	)
 	meson_src_configure