diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
index ccc6858780..0af4558fde 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
@@ -1085,7 +1085,6 @@ class BBCooker:
 
         self.buildSetVars()
 
-        self.recipecache = bb.cache.CacheData(self.caches_array)
         infos = bb.cache.Cache.parse(fn, self.collection.get_file_appends(fn), \
                                      self.data,
                                      self.caches_array)