diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index 918d859c93..170069460d 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ python base_eventhandler() {
 		logfile.close()
 }
 
-addtask configure after do_unpack do_patch
+addtask configure after do_patch
 do_configure[dirs] = "${CCACHE_DIR} ${S} ${B}"
 do_configure[deptask] = "do_populate_sysroot"
 base_do_configure() {