diff --git a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
index eee12b753c..76620f9e90 100644
--- a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ EXTRAOPKGCONFIG = "poky-feed-config-opkg"
 # This is a list of packages that are used by poky to build the distribution, they are not
 # directly part of the distribution. 
 HOSTTOOLS_WHITELIST_GPLv3 ?= ""
-WHITELIST_GPLv3 ?= "less gnome-common"
+WHITELIST_GPLv3 ?= "less"
 LGPLv2_WHITELIST_GPLv3 ?= "libassuan gnutls libtasn1 libidn libgcc gcc-runtime" 
 
 # This is a list of packages that require a commercial license to ship