1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-arch.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-arch.bbclass
index 0a79dea0af..62c8211621 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel-arch.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-arch.bbclass
@@ -65,11 +65,3 @@ KERNEL_CC = "${CCACHE}${HOST_PREFIX}gcc ${HOST_CC_KERNEL_ARCH} -fuse-ld=bfd ${DE
 KERNEL_LD = "${CCACHE}${HOST_PREFIX}ld.bfd ${HOST_LD_KERNEL_ARCH}"
 KERNEL_AR = "${CCACHE}${HOST_PREFIX}ar ${HOST_AR_KERNEL_ARCH}"
 TOOLCHAIN ?= "gcc"
-
-# 6.3+ requires the variable LOCALVERSION to be set to not get a "+" in
-# the local version. Having it empty means nothing will be added, and any
-# value will be appended to the local kernel version. This replaces the
-# use of .scmversion file for setting a localversion without using
-# the CONFIG_LOCALVERSION option.
-KERNEL_LOCALVERSION ??= ""
-export LOCALVERSION ?= "${KERNEL_LOCALVERSION}"