diff --git a/meta/classes/pkgconfig.bbclass b/meta/classes/pkgconfig.bbclass
index c16bf43412..a12cd64852 100644
--- a/meta/classes/pkgconfig.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/pkgconfig.bbclass
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
 DEPENDS_prepend = "pkgconfig-native "
-
-inherit pkgconfig_stage