diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass
index d51b4582d2..f79fca608e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_deb.bbclass
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE_BOOTSTRAP  = "run-postinsts"
 do_rootfs[depends] += "dpkg-native:do_populate_sysroot apt-native:do_populate_sysroot"
 do_populate_sdk[depends] += "dpkg-native:do_populate_sysroot apt-native:do_populate_sysroot bzip2-native:do_populate_sysroot"
 do_rootfs[recrdeptask] += "do_package_write_deb"
-rootfs_deb_do_rootfs[vardepsexclude] += "BUILDNAME"
 do_rootfs[vardeps] += "PACKAGE_FEED_URIS"
 
 do_rootfs[lockfiles] += "${DEPLOY_DIR_DEB}/deb.lock"
diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
index dd144e49ef..d417800b22 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ do_rootfs[depends] += "opkg-native:do_populate_sysroot opkg-utils-native:do_popu
 do_populate_sdk[depends] += "opkg-native:do_populate_sysroot opkg-utils-native:do_populate_sysroot"
 do_rootfs[recrdeptask] += "do_package_write_ipk"
 do_rootfs[vardeps] += "PACKAGE_FEED_URIS"
-rootfs_ipk_do_rootfs[vardepsexclude] += "BUILDNAME"
 
 do_rootfs[lockfiles] += "${WORKDIR}/ipk.lock"
 do_populate_sdk[lockfiles] += "${WORKDIR}/ipk.lock"
diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass
index d85d001a62..b4cd55b289 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_rpm.bbclass
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ do_rootfs[depends] += "${RPMROOTFSDEPENDS}"
 do_populate_sdk[depends] += "${RPMROOTFSDEPENDS}"
 
 do_rootfs[recrdeptask] += "do_package_write_rpm"
-rootfs_rpm_do_rootfs[vardepsexclude] += "BUILDNAME"
 do_rootfs[vardeps] += "PACKAGE_FEED_URIS"
 
 # RPM doesn't work with multiple rootfs generation at once due to collisions in the use of files