diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index c8d9a31074..216da75574 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ SRCREV ??= "INVALID"
 AUTOREV = "${@bb.fetch2.get_autorev(d)}"
 SRCPV = "${@bb.fetch2.get_srcrev(d)}"
 
-SRC_URI = "file://${FILE}"
+SRC_URI = ""
 
 # Use pseudo as the fakeroot implementation
 PSEUDO_LOCALSTATEDIR ?= "${WORKDIR}/pseudo/"