diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index 119b052f3f..4681489bb4 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -303,11 +303,6 @@ python () {
                     bb.note("SKIPPING %s because it's %s" % (pn, this_license))
                     raise bb.parse.SkipPackage("incompatible with license %s" % this_license)
 
-    # OBSOLETE in bitbake 1.7.4
-    srcdate = bb.data.getVar('SRCDATE_%s' % pn, d, 1)
-    if srcdate != None:
-        bb.data.setVar('SRCDATE', srcdate, d)
-
     use_nls = bb.data.getVar('USE_NLS_%s' % pn, d, 1)
     if use_nls != None:
         bb.data.setVar('USE_NLS', use_nls, d)