diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
index 2729503507..8dfba10b5e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ real_do_rootfs () {
 	mkdir -p ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/dev
 
 	if [ -z "${DEPLOY_KEEP_PACKAGES}" ]; then
-		rm -f ${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}/Packages
-		touch ${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}/Packages
 		ipkg-make-index -r ${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}/Packages -p ${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}/Packages -l ${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}/Packages.filelist -m ${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}
 	fi
 	mkdir -p ${T}
diff --git a/meta/packages/meta/package-index.bb b/meta/packages/meta/package-index.bb
index f230af0e27..0f8c450e37 100644
--- a/meta/packages/meta/package-index.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/meta/package-index.bb
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ do_build[nostamp] = 1
 do_build[dirs] = "${DEPLOY_DIR_IPK}"
 do_build() {
 	set -ex
-	rm -f Packages
-	touch Packages
 	ipkg-make-index -r Packages -p Packages -l Packages.filelist -m .
 	set +ex
 }