1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package_tar.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_tar.bbclass
index 3ff8b8f560..1ffc4169e2 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_tar.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_tar.bbclass
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ python do_package_tar () {
 
 python () {
     if d.getVar('PACKAGES') != '':
-        deps = (d.getVarFlag('do_package_write_tar', 'depends', True) or "").split()
+        deps = (d.getVarFlag('do_package_write_tar', 'depends') or "").split()
         deps.append('tar-native:do_populate_sysroot')
         deps.append('virtual/fakeroot-native:do_populate_sysroot')
         d.setVarFlag('do_package_write_tar', 'depends', " ".join(deps))