2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass
index 36b139a20d..efcfa08d2e 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/insane.bbclass
@@ -434,9 +434,8 @@ def package_qa_check_buildpaths(path, name, d, elf):
     explicitly ignored.
     """
     import stat
-    global cpath
     # Ignore symlinks/devs/fifos
-    mode = cpath.lstat(path).st_mode
+    mode = os.lstat(path).st_mode
     if stat.S_ISLNK(mode) or stat.S_ISBLK(mode) or stat.S_ISFIFO(mode) or stat.S_ISCHR(mode) or stat.S_ISSOCK(mode):
         return
 
@@ -1050,7 +1049,7 @@ def package_qa_check_host_user(path, name, d, elf):
         return
 
     try:
-        stat = cpath.lstat(path)
+        stat = os.lstat(path)
     except OSError as exc:
         import errno
         if exc.errno != errno.ENOENT:
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/cachedpath.py b/meta/lib/oe/cachedpath.py
index 0138b791d4..68c85807d9 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/cachedpath.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/cachedpath.py
@@ -111,9 +111,13 @@ class CachedPath(object):
             return True
         return False
 
+    # WARNING - this is not currently a drop in replacement since they return False
+    # rather than raise exceptions.
     def stat(self, path):
         return self.callstat(path)
 
+    # WARNING - this is not currently a drop in replacement since they return False
+    # rather than raise exceptions.
     def lstat(self, path):
         return self.calllstat(path)