diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/dfu-util/dfu-util-native_0.9.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/dfu-util/dfu-util-native_0.9.bb
index feb16fa730..4305e3b408 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/dfu-util/dfu-util-native_0.9.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/dfu-util/dfu-util-native_0.9.bb
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ do_deploy() {
 
 addtask deploy before do_package after do_install
 
-do_deploy[sstate-outputdirs] = "${DEPLOY_DIR_TOOLS}"
 # cleandirs should possibly be in deploy.bbclass but we need it
 do_deploy[cleandirs] = "${DEPLOYDIR}"
 # clear stamp-extra-info since MACHINE_ARCH is normally put there by