1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 4f57770157..b02036f9c5 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ INITRAMFS_TASK ?= ""
 INITRAMFS_IMAGE_BUNDLE ?= ""
 
 python __anonymous () {
-    kerneltype = d.getVar('KERNEL_IMAGETYPE', True) or ''
+    kerneltype = d.getVar('KERNEL_IMAGETYPE', True)
     if kerneltype == 'uImage':
         depends = d.getVar("DEPENDS", True)
         depends = "%s u-boot-mkimage-native" % depends