diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-h5py_3.13.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-h5py_3.13.0.bb
index a406dd630d..aa8a21c783 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-h5py_3.13.0.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-h5py_3.13.0.bb
@@ -24,5 +24,3 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} = "python3-numpy \
                   python3-six \
                   python3-json \
                  "
-
-export HDF5_VERSION = "1.14.0"