diff --git a/meta-arm-toolchain/recipes-devtools/external-arm-toolchain/arm-binary-toolchain.inc b/meta-arm-toolchain/recipes-devtools/external-arm-toolchain/arm-binary-toolchain.inc
index 2fbabfb9..046ab628 100644
--- a/meta-arm-toolchain/recipes-devtools/external-arm-toolchain/arm-binary-toolchain.inc
+++ b/meta-arm-toolchain/recipes-devtools/external-arm-toolchain/arm-binary-toolchain.inc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"
+
 FILES_${PN} = "${datadir} ${bindir}"
 
 BINNAME = "${@d.getVar("BPN").strip("gcc-")}"