diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 08babe0ae4..4003787fc5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -317,7 +317,6 @@ jobs:
           liblzma-dev \
           liblzo2-dev \
           libsdl2-dev \
-          libxdg-basedir-dev \
           lsb-release \
           zlib1g-dev \
           # EOF