diff --git a/legacy/evas/Makefile.am b/legacy/evas/Makefile.am
index 0f75b87282..2cabef8eb2 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/evas/Makefile.am
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ if BUILD_ENGINE_SOFTWARE_XCB
 psoftwarexcb = evas-software-xcb.pc
 endif
 
-if BUILD_ENGINE_DIRECTFB
-pdirectfb = evas-directfb.pc
-endif
+#if BUILD_ENGINE_DIRECTFB
+#pdirectfb = evas-directfb.pc
+#endif
 
 if BUILD_ENGINE_FB
 pfb = evas-fb.pc
diff --git a/legacy/evas/configure.in b/legacy/evas/configure.in
index 7ede6219b9..be459f94ab 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/configure.in
+++ b/legacy/evas/configure.in
@@ -401,30 +401,30 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_ENGINE_SOFTWARE_XCB, test "x$have_evas_software_xcb" = "xye
 
 #######################################
 ## Check if we should build the directfb engine
-want_evas_directfb="no";
-have_evas_directfb="no";
-
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether directfb backend is to be built)
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(directfb,
-  AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-directfb], [enable the DirectFB rendering backend]),
-  [ want_evas_directfb=$enableval ]
-)
-AC_MSG_RESULT($want_evas_directfb)
-
-if test "x$want_evas_directfb" = "xyes"; then
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DIRECTFB, directfb >= 0.9.16,
-    [
-      AC_DEFINE(BUILD_ENGINE_DIRECTFB, 1, [DirectFB Rendering Backend])
-      have_evas_directfb="yes"
-    ],
-    [
-      if test "x$want_evas_directfb" = "xyes" -a "x$use_strict" = "xyes" ; then
-        AC_MSG_ERROR([DirectFB not found (strict dependencies checking)])
-      fi
-    ]
-  )
-fi
-AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_ENGINE_DIRECTFB, test "x$have_evas_directfb" = "xyes")
+#want_evas_directfb="no";
+#have_evas_directfb="no";
+#
+#AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether directfb backend is to be built)
+#AC_ARG_ENABLE(directfb,
+#  AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-directfb], [enable the DirectFB rendering backend]),
+#  [ want_evas_directfb=$enableval ]
+#)
+#AC_MSG_RESULT($want_evas_directfb)
+#
+#if test "x$want_evas_directfb" = "xyes"; then
+#  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DIRECTFB, directfb >= 0.9.16,
+#    [
+#      AC_DEFINE(BUILD_ENGINE_DIRECTFB, 1, [DirectFB Rendering Backend])
+#      have_evas_directfb="yes"
+#    ],
+#    [
+#      if test "x$want_evas_directfb" = "xyes" -a "x$use_strict" = "xyes" ; then
+#        AC_MSG_ERROR([DirectFB not found (strict dependencies checking)])
+#      fi
+#    ]
+#  )
+#fi
+#AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_ENGINE_DIRECTFB, test "x$have_evas_directfb" = "xyes")
 
 #######################################
 ## Check if we should build the sdl engine
@@ -1649,7 +1649,6 @@ AC_SUBST(pthread_libs)
 AC_OUTPUT([
 Makefile
 evas-cairo-x11.pc
-evas-directfb.pc
 evas-fb.pc
 evas-glitz-x11.pc
 evas-opengl-glew.pc
@@ -1695,7 +1694,6 @@ src/modules/engines/fb/Makefile
 src/modules/engines/buffer/Makefile
 src/modules/engines/software_win32_gdi/Makefile
 src/modules/engines/software_qtopia/Makefile
-src/modules/engines/directfb/Makefile
 src/modules/engines/gl_common/Makefile
 src/modules/engines/gl_glew/Makefile
 src/modules/engines/gl_x11/Makefile
@@ -1750,7 +1748,6 @@ echo "  Software XCB...............: $have_evas_software_xcb"
 echo "  Software Framebuffer.......: $have_evas_fb"
 echo "  Software Qtopia............: $have_evas_qtopia"
 echo "  Software Memory Buffer.....: $have_evas_buffer"
-echo "  DirectFB...................: $have_evas_directfb"
 echo "  Software SDL...............: $have_evas_sdl (primitive: $sdl_primitive)"
 echo "  OpenGL Glew................: $have_evas_gl_glew"
 echo "  OpenGL X11.................: $have_evas_gl_x11"
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/Makefile.am b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/Makefile.am
index 59df875794..22e311bb79 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ software_generic \
 buffer \
 cairo_common \
 cairo_x11 \
-directfb \
 fb \
 gl_common \
 gl_x11 \