diff --git a/meta-efi-secure-boot/recipes-bsp/grub/grub-efi-efi-secure-boot.inc b/meta-efi-secure-boot/recipes-bsp/grub/grub-efi-efi-secure-boot.inc
index 4878401..49e3cf1 100644
--- a/meta-efi-secure-boot/recipes-bsp/grub/grub-efi-efi-secure-boot.inc
+++ b/meta-efi-secure-boot/recipes-bsp/grub/grub-efi-efi-secure-boot.inc
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ do_compile_append_class-target() {
 		cat<<EOF>${WORKDIR}/cfg
 set strict_security=1
 EOF
+  else
+    > ${WORKDIR}/cfg
 	fi
 	cat<<EOF>>${WORKDIR}/cfg
 search.file (\$cmdpath)${GRUB_PREFIX_DIR}/grub.cfg root