diff --git a/src/location/configure.json b/src/location/configure.json
index 4695b1c04e585d8d7b368ee981ae18cb77591dc9..e9a139a8055f5d8cfa2e6a5117a661e67dd40f50 100644
--- a/src/location/configure.json
+++ b/src/location/configure.json
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
             "label": "Qt.labs.location experimental QML plugin",
             "purpose": "Provides experimental QtLocation QML types",
             "section": "Location",
-            "autoDetect": false,
             "output": [ "privateFeature" ]
         },
         "geoservices_osm": {