1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/layer.conf b/meta/conf/layer.conf
index d5934927a6..2d9cd05695 100644
--- a/meta/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/layer.conf
@@ -102,4 +102,6 @@ SSTATE_EXCLUDEDEPS_SYSROOT += "\
 SSTATE_EXCLUDEDEPS_SYSROOT += ".*->autoconf-archive-native"
 
 # We need to keep bitbake tools in PATH
-PATH := "${@os.path.dirname(bb.utils.which(d.getVar('PATH'),'bitbake'))}:${HOSTTOOLS_DIR}"
+# Avoid empty path entries
+BITBAKEPATH := "${@os.path.dirname(bb.utils.which(d.getVar('PATH'),'bitbake'))}"
+PATH := "${@'${BITBAKEPATH}:' if '${BITBAKEPATH}' is not '' else ''}${HOSTTOOLS_DIR}"