1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/metadata_scm.bbclass b/meta/classes/metadata_scm.bbclass
index 7112ad512b..99ac05c18d 100644
--- a/meta/classes/metadata_scm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/metadata_scm.bbclass
@@ -25,12 +25,9 @@ def base_detect_branch(d):
                         return rev.strip()
 
         return "<unknown>"      
-        
-        
 
 def base_get_scmbasepath(d):
-        path_to_bbfiles = bb.data.getVar( 'BBFILES', d, 1 ).split()
-        return path_to_bbfiles[0][:path_to_bbfiles[0].rindex( "packages" )]
+        return bb.data.getVar( 'COREBASE', d, 1 )
 
 def base_get_metadata_monotone_branch(path, d):
         monotone_branch = "<unknown>"