diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index 4cb5732c79..380a53b4ac 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ base_do_package() {
 addtask build after do_populate_sysroot
 do_build = ""
 do_build[func] = "1"
+do_build[noexec] = "1"
 do_build () {
 	:
 }
diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index b64ff5de58..580e20d88c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -1101,6 +1101,7 @@ addtask do_package_setscene
 do_package_write () {
 	:
 }
+do_package_write[noexec] = "1"
 do_build[recrdeptask] += "do_package_write"
 addtask package_write before do_build after do_package