1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass b/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
index 53c71cb5f5..2ac62747a2 100644
--- a/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ python () {
                 # Since configure will likely touch ${S}, ensure only we lock so one task has access at a time
                 d.appendVarFlag(task, "lockfiles", "${S}/singletask.lock")
 
-        for task in covered:
+        for task in d.getVar("SRCTREECOVEREDTASKS", True).split():
             bb.build.deltask(task, d)
 }