2 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/utils.bbclass b/meta/classes/utils.bbclass
index 8e07eac07a..32cae7e312 100644
--- a/meta/classes/utils.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/utils.bbclass
@@ -364,12 +364,7 @@ def multilib_pkg_extend(d, pkg):
     return pkgs
 
 def get_multilib_datastore(variant, d):
-    localdata = bb.data.createCopy(d)
-    overrides = localdata.getVar("OVERRIDES", False) + ":virtclass-multilib-" + variant
-    localdata.setVar("OVERRIDES", overrides)
-    localdata.setVar("MLPREFIX", variant + "-")
-    return localdata
-get_multilib_datastore[vardepsexclude] = "OVERRIDES"
+    return oe.utils.get_multilib_datastore(variant, d)
 
 def all_multilib_tune_values(d, var, unique = True, need_split = True, delim = ' '):
     """Return a string of all ${var} in all multilib tune configuration"""
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
index 1897c5faea..7a79d752b6 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
@@ -281,6 +281,14 @@ def host_gcc_version(d):
     version = match.group(1)
     return "-%s" % version if version in ("4.8", "4.9") else ""
 
+
+def get_multilib_datastore(variant, d):
+    localdata = bb.data.createCopy(d)
+    overrides = localdata.getVar("OVERRIDES", False) + ":virtclass-multilib-" + variant
+    localdata.setVar("OVERRIDES", overrides)
+    localdata.setVar("MLPREFIX", variant + "-")
+    return localdata
+
 #
 # Python 2.7 doesn't have threaded pools (just multiprocessing)
 # so implement a version here