diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_deb.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_deb.bbclass
index be7b5520c4..c4bed55141 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_deb.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_deb.bbclass
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ populate_sdk_post_deb () {
 	tar -cf - -C ${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE} -ps apt | tar -xf - -C ${target_rootfs}/etc
 }
 
-fakeroot populate_sdk_deb () {
+populate_sdk_deb () {
 
 	# update index
 	package_update_index_deb
diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ipk.bbclass
index 79259f80d6..d8cbaf6e72 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ipk.bbclass
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 do_populate_sdk[depends] += "opkg-native:do_populate_sysroot opkg-utils-native:do_populate_sysroot"
 do_populate_sdk[recrdeptask] += "do_package_write_ipk"
 
-fakeroot populate_sdk_ipk() {
+populate_sdk_ipk() {
 
 	rm -f ${IPKGCONF_TARGET}
 	touch ${IPKGCONF_TARGET}
diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_rpm.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_rpm.bbclass
index 9989d0abfd..8bb0a5d3a9 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_rpm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_rpm.bbclass
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ populate_sdk_post_rpm () {
 	rm -rf ${target_rootfs}/install
 }
 
-fakeroot populate_sdk_rpm () {
+populate_sdk_rpm () {
 
 	package_update_index_rpm
 	package_generate_rpm_conf