diff --git a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
index b56e95a768..f1faf4848e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
@@ -871,17 +871,14 @@ BB_SETSCENE_DEPVALID = "setscene_depvalid"
 def setscene_depvalid(task, taskdependees, notneeded, d):
     # taskdependees is a dict of tasks which depend on task, each being a 3 item list of [PN, TASKNAME, FILENAME]
     # task is included in taskdependees too
+    # Return - False - We need this dependency
+    #        - True - We can skip this dependency
 
     bb.debug(2, "Considering setscene task: %s" % (str(taskdependees[task])))
 
     def isNativeCross(x):
         return x.endswith("-native") or "-cross-" in x or "-crosssdk" in x
 
-    def isPostInstDep(x):
-        if x in ["qemu-native", "gdk-pixbuf-native", "qemuwrapper-cross", "depmodwrapper-cross", "systemd-systemctl-native", "gtk-icon-utils-native", "ca-certificates-native"]:
-            return True
-        return False
-
     # We only need to trigger populate_lic through direct dependencies
     if taskdependees[task][1] == "do_populate_lic":
         return True
@@ -903,10 +900,11 @@ def setscene_depvalid(task, taskdependees, notneeded, d):
         # do_package_write_* and do_package doesn't need do_package
         if taskdependees[task][1] == "do_package" and taskdependees[dep][1] in ['do_package', 'do_package_write_deb', 'do_package_write_ipk', 'do_package_write_rpm', 'do_packagedata', 'do_package_qa']:
             continue
-        # do_package_write_* and do_package doesn't need do_populate_sysroot, unless is a postinstall dependency
-        if taskdependees[task][1] == "do_populate_sysroot" and taskdependees[dep][1] in ['do_package', 'do_package_write_deb', 'do_package_write_ipk', 'do_package_write_rpm', 'do_packagedata', 'do_package_qa']:
-            if isPostInstDep(taskdependees[task][0]) and taskdependees[dep][1] in ['do_package_write_deb', 'do_package_write_ipk', 'do_package_write_rpm']:
-                return False
+        # do_package_write_* need do_populate_sysroot as they're mainly postinstall dependencies
+        if taskdependees[task][1] == "do_populate_sysroot" and taskdependees[dep][1] in ['do_package_write_deb', 'do_package_write_ipk', 'do_package_write_rpm']:
+            return False
+        # do_package/packagedata/package_qa don't need do_populate_sysroot
+        if taskdependees[task][1] == "do_populate_sysroot" and taskdependees[dep][1] in ['do_package', 'do_packagedata', 'do_package_qa']:
             continue
         # Native/Cross packages don't exist and are noexec anyway
         if isNativeCross(taskdependees[dep][0]) and taskdependees[dep][1] in ['do_package_write_deb', 'do_package_write_ipk', 'do_package_write_rpm', 'do_packagedata', 'do_package', 'do_package_qa']: