diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/xcb.pro b/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/xcb.pro
index ece424be5e..2f70b659c9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/xcb.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/xcb/xcb.pro
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ contains(QT_CONFIG, opengl) {
 
 LIBS += -lxcb -lxcb-image -lxcb-keysyms -lxcb-icccm -lxcb-sync
 
-DEFINES += $$QMAKE_DEFINES_XCB QT_NO_XCB_XKB
+DEFINES += $$QMAKE_DEFINES_XCB
 LIBS += $$QMAKE_LIBS_XCB
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += $$QMAKE_CFLAGS_XCB