diff --git a/panda/metalibs/pandadx9/Sources.pp b/panda/metalibs/pandadx9/Sources.pp
index e465c5a625..5e14560049 100755
--- a/panda/metalibs/pandadx9/Sources.pp
+++ b/panda/metalibs/pandadx9/Sources.pp
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-// DX9 build is temporarily disabled until we bring it up-to-date with
-// the new Geom rewrite.
-#define BUILD_DIRECTORY
-//#define BUILD_DIRECTORY $[HAVE_DX]
+#define BUILD_DIRECTORY $[HAVE_DX]
 
 // DIR_TYPE "metalib" indicates we are building a shared library that
 // consists mostly of references to other shared libraries.  Under