diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/secdev/ti-k3-secdev_git.bb b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/secdev/ti-k3-secdev_git.bb
index 6a28add7..b4c26f68 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/secdev/ti-k3-secdev_git.bb
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/secdev/ti-k3-secdev_git.bb
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ SECTION = "devel"
 LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://manifest/k3-secdev-0.2-manifest.html;md5=f632a78870cc64550078d7b3cbac0892"
 
-# set a default value for TI_K3_SECDEV_INSTALL_DIR_RECIPE
-export TI_K3_SECDEV_INSTALL_DIR_RECIPE = "${datadir}/ti/ti-k3-secdev"
-include recipes-ti/includes/ti-paths.inc
+# set a default install location
+TI_K3_SECDEV_INSTALL_DIR_RECIPE = "${datadir}/ti/ti-k3-secdev"
 
 # Native host tool only
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "null"
diff --git a/meta-ti-extras/recipes-ti/includes/ti-paths.inc b/meta-ti-extras/recipes-ti/includes/ti-paths.inc
index 63c00e8c..b443d2f0 100644
--- a/meta-ti-extras/recipes-ti/includes/ti-paths.inc
+++ b/meta-ti-extras/recipes-ti/includes/ti-paths.inc
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ export OMP_INSTALL_DIR_RECIPE        = "${installdir}/ti-omp-tree"
 export MPM_INSTALL_DIR_RECIPE        = "${installdir}/ti-mpm-tree"
 export TI_CGT6X_7_INSTALL_DIR_RECIPE   = "${installdir}/cgt6x-7"
 export TI_CGT7X_INSTALL_DIR_RECIPE        = "${installdir}/cgt-c7x"
-export TI_K3_SECDEV_INSTALL_DIR_RECIPE = "${installdir}/ti-k3-secdev"
 
 
 # This is where the tools will end up in sysroot
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ export TI_CGT6X_7_INSTALL_DIR   = "${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${TI_CGT6X_7_INSTALL_DIR
 export GCC_LINARO_BAREMETAL_TOOLCHAIN         =  "${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${GCC_LINARO_BAREMETAL_TOOLCHAIN_RECIPE}"
 export GCC_LINARO_BAREMETAL_AARCH64_TOOLCHAIN =  "${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${GCC_LINARO_BAREMETAL_AARCH64_TOOLCHAIN_RECIPE}"
 export TI_CGT7X_INSTALL_DIR        = "${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${TI_CGT7X_INSTALL_DIR_RECIPE}"
-export TI_K3_SECDEV_INSTALL_DIR = "${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${TI_K3_SECDEV_INSTALL_DIR_RECIPE}"
 
 
 DSPSUFFIX:omapl138 = "x674"