2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index d7b7a4b46f..ea313adca5 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -656,6 +656,10 @@ AUTO_LIBNAME_PKGS = "${PACKAGES}"
 ### Config file processing
 ###
 
+# An empty distro leads to :: entries in OVERRIDES and FILEOVERRIDES which 
+# is a bad idea. Setting a dummy value is better than a ton of anonymous python.
+DISTRO ??= "nodistro"
+
 # Overrides are processed left to right, so the ones that are named later take precedence.
 # You generally want them to go from least to most specific.
 # 
diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc
index d275525000..5ef9c32c39 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ NO32LIBS ??= "1"
 
 # Default to emitting logfiles if a build fails.
 BBINCLUDELOGS ??= "yes"
-SDK_VERSION ??= "oe-core.0"
-DISTRO_VERSION ??= "oe-core.0"
+SDK_VERSION ??= "nodistro.0"
+DISTRO_VERSION ??= "nodistro.0"
 
 # Missing checksums should raise an error
 BB_STRICT_CHECKSUM = "1"