diff --git a/meta/classes/distutils-common-base.bbclass b/meta/classes/distutils-common-base.bbclass
index dee06b4173..824a1b68b1 100644
--- a/meta/classes/distutils-common-base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/distutils-common-base.bbclass
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-EXTRA_OEMAKE = ""
-
 export STAGING_INCDIR
 export STAGING_LIBDIR