diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-xlsxwriter.inc b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-xlsxwriter.inc
deleted file mode 100644
index f5d56db004..0000000000
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-xlsxwriter.inc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-SUMMARY = "Python 2 and 3 compatibility library"
-HOMEPAGE = "https://xlsxwriter.readthedocs.io"
-SECTION = "devel/python"
-LICENSE = "MIT"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.txt;md5=0960d52d61b0801760f39463288c2672"
-
-inherit pypi
-
-PYPI_PACKAGE = "XlsxWriter"
-
-BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-xlsxwriter_1.2.9.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-xlsxwriter_1.2.9.bb
index cba8561430..114f48214a 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-xlsxwriter_1.2.9.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-xlsxwriter_1.2.9.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
-inherit setuptools3
-require python-xlsxwriter.inc
+SUMMARY = "Python 2 and 3 compatibility library"
+HOMEPAGE = "https://xlsxwriter.readthedocs.io"
+SECTION = "devel/python"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.txt;md5=0960d52d61b0801760f39463288c2672"
+
+inherit pypi setuptools3
+
+PYPI_PACKAGE = "XlsxWriter"
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "20f8b7df7f1705fa2f7ac3f84789d2ca"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "828b3285fc95105f5b1946a6a015b31cf388bd5378fdc6604e4d1b7839df2e77"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"