diff --git a/storage/federated/CMakeLists.txt b/storage/federated/CMakeLists.txt
index 9bd5b6b45d77e..057a5f28bb7d1 100644
--- a/storage/federated/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/storage/federated/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,9 +14,4 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 
 SET(FEDERATED_SOURCES  ha_federated.cc)
-IF(NOT WITH_FEDERATED AND NOT WITH_FEDERATED_STORAGE_ENGINE)
- # Bug#45488- federated uses symbols that are not used anywhere in
- # mysqld and are optimized away by the linker.
- SET(FEDERATED_SOURCES ${FEDERATED_SOURCES} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/mysys/string.c)
-ENDIF()
 MYSQL_ADD_PLUGIN(federated ${FEDERATED_SOURCES} STORAGE_ENGINE MODULE_ONLY)