diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers-yocto_git.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers-yocto_git.bb
index 0d5835401e..736d60f7de 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers-yocto_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers-yocto_git.bb
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ PR = "r2"
 SRCREV_FORMAT = "meta_machine"
 SRC_URI = "git://git.pokylinux.org/linux-yocto-2.6.37;protocol=git;nocheckout=1;branch=${KBRANCH},meta;name=machine,meta"
 
+# force this to empty to prevent installation failures, we aren't
+# building a device tree as part of kern headers
+KERNEL_DEVICETREE=
+
 set_arch() {
 	case ${TARGET_ARCH} in
 		arm*)     ARCH=arm ;;