diff --git a/backends/qualcomm/__init__.py b/backends/qualcomm/__init__.py
index 04ba5fcf24b..68f0c215efc 100644
--- a/backends/qualcomm/__init__.py
+++ b/backends/qualcomm/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 
 from .scripts.download_qnn_sdk import (
-    check_glibc_exist_and_validate,
+    # check_glibc_exist_and_validate,
     install_qnn_sdk,
     is_linux_x86,
 )
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     env_flag not in ("1", "true", "yes")
     and not qnn_sdk_root_flag
     and is_linux_x86()
-    and check_glibc_exist_and_validate()
+    # and check_glibc_exist_and_validate()
 ):
     ok = install_qnn_sdk()
 
diff --git a/backends/qualcomm/scripts/download_qnn_sdk.py b/backends/qualcomm/scripts/download_qnn_sdk.py
index 35006a41433..8cb428de003 100644
--- a/backends/qualcomm/scripts/download_qnn_sdk.py
+++ b/backends/qualcomm/scripts/download_qnn_sdk.py
@@ -178,9 +178,6 @@ def _download_qnn_sdk(dst_folder=SDK_DIR) -> Optional[pathlib.Path]:
     if not is_linux_x86():
         logger.info("[QNN] Skipping Qualcomm SDK (only supported on Linux x86).")
         return None
-    elif not check_glibc_exist_and_validate():
-        logger.info("[QNN] Skipping Qualcomm SDK (glibc not found or version too old).")
-        return None
     else:
         logger.info("[QNN] Downloading Qualcomm SDK for Linux x86")
 
@@ -437,8 +434,7 @@ def install_qnn_sdk() -> bool:
     Returns:
         True if both steps succeeded (or were already satisfied), else False.
     """
-    if check_glibc_exist_and_validate():
-        if _ensure_libcxx_stack():
-            if _ensure_qnn_sdk_lib():
-                return True
+    if _ensure_libcxx_stack():
+        if _ensure_qnn_sdk_lib():
+            return True
     return False
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fe9543f3243..97a1d05096e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -467,11 +467,10 @@ def run(self):
             # Following code is for building the Qualcomm backend.
             from backends.qualcomm.scripts.download_qnn_sdk import (
                 _download_qnn_sdk,
-                check_glibc_exist_and_validate,
                 is_linux_x86,
             )
 
-            if is_linux_x86() and check_glibc_exist_and_validate():
+            if is_linux_x86():
                 os.environ["EXECUTORCH_BUILDING_WHEEL"] = "1"
 
                 with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir: