diff --git a/build/bakefiles/config.bkl b/build/bakefiles/config.bkl
index b061604ae9..21241df762 100644
--- a/build/bakefiles/config.bkl
+++ b/build/bakefiles/config.bkl
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
         <option name="TOOLKIT_LOWERCASE"/>
         <option name="TOOLKIT_VERSION"/>
         <option name="EXTRALIBS"/>
-        <option name="top_builddir"/>
         <option name="SAMPLES_RPATH_FLAG"/>
     </if>