diff --git a/src/devices/keyboard-joypad/CMakeLists.txt b/src/devices/keyboard-joypad/CMakeLists.txt
index 211b6cf..4c22ddb 100644
--- a/src/devices/keyboard-joypad/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/devices/keyboard-joypad/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ yarp_prepare_plugin(keyboardJoypad
   QUIET
 )
 
-if(NOT ENABLE_keyboard-joypad)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "yarp_keyboard-joypad build requested but ENABLE_keyboard-joypad is set to OFF")
-endif()
-
 set(yarp_keyboard-joypad_SRCS
   KeyboardJoypad.cpp
 )