diff --git a/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass b/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass
index 0938c992de..05a7996676 100644
--- a/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass
@@ -442,7 +442,10 @@ do_deploy_all_archives() {
 }
 
 python () {
-    # Add tasks in the correct order, specifically for linux-yocto to avoid race condition
+    # Add tasks in the correct order, specifically for linux-yocto to avoid race condition.
+    # sstatesig.py:sstate_rundepfilter has special support that excludes this dependency
+    # so that do_kernel_configme does not need to run again when do_unpack_and_patch
+    # gets added or removed (by adding or removing archiver.bbclass).
     if bb.data.inherits_class('kernel-yocto', d):
         bb.build.addtask('do_kernel_configme', 'do_configure', 'do_unpack_and_patch', d)
 }
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py b/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
index f087a019e1..b8dd4c869e 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/sstatesig.py
@@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ def sstate_rundepfilter(siggen, fn, recipename, task, dep, depname, dataCache):
     def isImage(fn):
         return "/image.bbclass" in " ".join(dataCache.inherits[fn])
 
-    # Always include our own inter-task dependencies
+    # (Almost) always include our own inter-task dependencies.
+    # The exception is the special do_kernel_configme->do_unpack_and_patch
+    # dependency from archiver.bbclass.
     if recipename == depname:
+        if task == "do_kernel_configme" and dep.endswith(".do_unpack_and_patch"):
+            return False
         return True
 
     # Quilt (patch application) changing isn't likely to affect anything