diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/libbpf/libbpf_0.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/libbpf/libbpf_0.4.bb
index 27559ba2979..92fc83d0b60 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/libbpf/libbpf_0.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/libbpf/libbpf_0.4.bb
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://../LICENSE.LGPL-2.1;md5=b370887980db5dd40659b50909238
 
 DEPENDS = "zlib elfutils"
 
-do_compile[depends] += "virtual/kernel:do_shared_workdir"
-
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/libbpf/libbpf.git;protocol=https"
 SRCREV = "db9614b6bd69746809d506c2786f914b0f812c37"
 
@@ -23,19 +21,9 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE += "DESTDIR=${D} LIBDIR=${libdir} INCLUDEDIR=${includedir}"
 inherit pkgconfig
 
 do_compile() {
-	if grep -q "CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL=y" ${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}/.config
-	then
-		oe_runmake
-	else
-		bbnote "BFP syscall is not enabled"
-	fi
+	oe_runmake
 }
 
 do_install() {
-	if grep -q "CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL=y" ${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}/.config
-	then
-		oe_runmake install
-	else
-		bbnote "no files to install"
-	fi
+	oe_runmake install
 }