diff --git a/recipes/libglvnd/meta.yaml b/recipes/libglvnd/meta.yaml
index 337e048fb4358..49b39d083d26e 100644
--- a/recipes/libglvnd/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/libglvnd/meta.yaml
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ outputs:
     files:
       - lib/pkgconfig/libglvnd.pc
       - include/glvnd
-    requirements:
-      build:
-        - {{ stdlib('c') }}
     test:
       commands:
         # The libglvnd-core-devel package is a bootstrap trick