diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index c54bbe5168..f190f68b9d 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -411,16 +411,3 @@ if (APPLE)
         set(MOLTENVK_LIBRARY "${moltenvk_SOURCE_DIR}/MoltenVK/dylib/macOS/libMoltenVK.dylib" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
     endif()
 endif()
-
-# We are NOT adding this to cpmfile.json
-# In BSD world, it is often the case that X11
-# will be under /usr/X11R{5,6,7}/include/...
-# ...
-# FreeBSD was able to see with hindsight this was a bad idea.
-# OpenBSD, OmniOS and NetBSD by default, aren't illuminated yet by this notion.
-#
-# Reliance on X11 Headers being available without explicitly
-# linking or mentioning X11 is something to note.
-if (NOT (WIN32 OR APPLE OR ANDROID OR HAIKU OR PS4))
-    find_package(X11 REQUIRED)
-endif()
diff --git a/src/qt_common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/qt_common/CMakeLists.txt
index 3db3ece497..8858b819d6 100644
--- a/src/qt_common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/qt_common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,12 +62,6 @@ if (USE_DISCORD_PRESENCE)
     target_compile_definitions(qt_common PUBLIC USE_DISCORD_PRESENCE)
 endif()
 
-# Qt itself may use Vulkan stuffs so we'd need to account for that as well
-if (X11_FOUND)
-    target_include_directories(qt_common PUBLIC ${X11_INCLUDE_DIR})
-    target_link_libraries(qt_common PUBLIC ${X11_LIBRARIES})
-endif()
-
 # TODO(crueter)
 target_link_libraries(qt_common PRIVATE Qt6::Widgets)
 
diff --git a/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
index b2023fff27..c86849837b 100644
--- a/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -358,11 +358,6 @@ if (ENABLE_OPENGL)
     )
 endif()
 
-if (X11_FOUND)
-    target_include_directories(video_core PUBLIC ${X11_INCLUDE_DIR})
-    target_link_libraries(video_core PUBLIC ${X11_LIBRARIES})
-endif()
-
 target_link_libraries(video_core PUBLIC common core)
 target_link_libraries(video_core PUBLIC shader_recompiler stb bc_decoder gpu_logging)
 if (ENABLE_OPENGL)