3 files changed, 9 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index e066dc986f..ab8715e597 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -499,28 +499,21 @@ python () {
 
             whitelist = []
             incompatwl = []
-            htincompatwl = []
             for lic in bad_licenses:
                 spdx_license = return_spdx(d, lic)
-                for w in ["HOSTTOOLS_WHITELIST_", "LGPLv2_WHITELIST_", "WHITELIST_"]:
+                for w in ["LGPLv2_WHITELIST_", "WHITELIST_"]:
                     whitelist.extend((d.getVar(w + lic, True) or "").split())
                     if spdx_license:
                         whitelist.extend((d.getVar(w + spdx_license, True) or "").split())
                     '''
-                    We need to track what we are whitelisting and why. If pn is 
-                    incompatible and is not HOSTTOOLS_WHITELIST_ we need to be 
-                    able to note that the image that is created may infact 
-                    contain incompatible licenses despite INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE 
-                    being set.
+                    We need to track what we are whitelisting and why. If pn is
+                    incompatible we need to be able to note that the image that
+                    is created may infact contain incompatible licenses despite
+                    INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE being set.
                     '''
-                    if "HOSTTOOLS" in w:
-                        htincompatwl.extend((d.getVar(w + lic, True) or "").split())
-                        if spdx_license:
-                            htincompatwl.extend((d.getVar(w + spdx_license, True) or "").split())
-                    else:
-                        incompatwl.extend((d.getVar(w + lic, True) or "").split())
-                        if spdx_license:
-                            incompatwl.extend((d.getVar(w + spdx_license, True) or "").split())
+                    incompatwl.extend((d.getVar(w + lic, True) or "").split())
+                    if spdx_license:
+                        incompatwl.extend((d.getVar(w + spdx_license, True) or "").split())
 
             if not pn in whitelist:
                 recipe_license = d.getVar('LICENSE', True)
@@ -546,8 +539,6 @@ python () {
             elif pn in whitelist:
                 if pn in incompatwl:
                     bb.note("INCLUDING " + pn + " as buildable despite INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE because it has been whitelisted")
-                elif pn in htincompatwl:
-                    bb.note("INCLUDING " + pn + " as buildable despite INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE because it has been whitelisted for HOSTTOOLS")
 
     needsrcrev = False
     srcuri = d.getVar('SRC_URI', True)
diff --git a/meta/classes/multilib.bbclass b/meta/classes/multilib.bbclass
index 052f911ac2..d5a31287a8 100644
--- a/meta/classes/multilib.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/multilib.bbclass
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ python multilib_virtclass_handler () {
     e.data.setVar("OVERRIDES", e.data.getVar("OVERRIDES", False) + override)
 
     # Expand the WHITELISTs with multilib prefix
-    for whitelist in ["HOSTTOOLS_WHITELIST_GPL-3.0", "WHITELIST_GPL-3.0", "LGPLv2_WHITELIST_GPL-3.0"]:
+    for whitelist in ["WHITELIST_GPL-3.0", "LGPLv2_WHITELIST_GPL-3.0"]:
         pkgs = e.data.getVar(whitelist, True)
         for pkg in pkgs.split():
             pkgs += " " + variant + "-" + pkg
diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc
index 9779bfb7bc..84cdaca0b2 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ DISTRO_FEATURES ?= "${DISTRO_FEATURES_DEFAULT} ${DISTRO_FEATURES_LIBC}"
 
 IMAGE_FEATURES ?= ""
 
-# This is a list of packages that are used by the build system to build the distribution, they are not
-# directly part of the distribution. 
-HOSTTOOLS_WHITELIST_GPL-3.0 ?= ""
 WHITELIST_GPL-3.0 ?= ""
 LGPLv2_WHITELIST_GPL-3.0 ?= "libassuan libidn"