diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf b/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf
index 99c6c647e..d095b350d 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ DISTRO_FEATURES ?= "${DISTRO_FEATURES_DEFAULT} ${DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC} ${POKY_DE
 #   'ptest'   -> fails to build QT5 toolchain
 POKY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES_remove = "ptest wayland"
 
+GRAPHICAL_BACKEND = "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'x11', 'fb', d)}"
+
 # DEY image features (alphabetical order)
 FEATURE_PACKAGES_dey-audio = "packagegroup-dey-audio"
 FEATURE_PACKAGES_dey-bluetooth = "packagegroup-dey-bluetooth"
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-qt.bb b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-qt.bb
index ac1aff218..454741b2a 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-qt.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-qt.bb
@@ -42,6 +42,4 @@ IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE = "8192"
 # Do not install udev-cache
 BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS += "udev-cache"
 
-GRAPHICAL_BACKEND = "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'x11', 'fb', d)}"
-
 export IMAGE_BASENAME = "dey-image-qt-${GRAPHICAL_BACKEND}"