diff --git a/conf/machine/include/soc-family.inc b/conf/machine/include/soc-family.inc
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index 39ca338f..00000000
--- a/conf/machine/include/soc-family.inc
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Add SOC_FAMILY to machine overrides so we get access to e.g. 'omap3' and 'ti335x'
-MACHINEOVERRIDES .= "${@['', ':${SOC_FAMILY}']['${SOC_FAMILY}' != '']}"
-