1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf-shell-image.bb b/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf-shell-image.bb
index 029547b94a..0d2b8bf52f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf-shell-image.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf-shell-image.bb
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "boot image with UEFI shell and tools"
 
 # For this image recipe, only the wic format with a
-# single vfat partition makes sense.
+# single vfat partition makes sense. Because we have no
+# boot loader and no rootfs partition, not additional
+# tools are needed for this .wks file.
 IMAGE_FSTYPES_forcevariable = 'wic'
-
 WKS_FILE = "ovmf/ovmf-shell-image.wks"
+WKS_FILE_DEPENDS = ""
+
 inherit image
 
 # We want a minimal image with just ovmf-shell-efi unpacked in it. We