diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
index 15064f8142..413d59f8f4 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
@@ -1888,12 +1888,12 @@ class RunQueueExecuteScenequeue(RunQueueExecute):
                     if nexttask not in self.unskippable and len(self.sq_revdeps[nexttask]) > 0 and self.sq_revdeps[nexttask].issubset(self.scenequeue_covered) and self.check_dependencies(nexttask, self.sq_revdeps[nexttask], True):
                         realtask = self.rqdata.runq_setscene[nexttask]
                         fn = self.rqdata.taskData.fn_index[self.rqdata.runq_fnid[realtask]]
-                        target = False
+                        foundtarget = False
                         for target in self.rqdata.target_pairs:
                             if target[0] == fn and target[1] == self.rqdata.runq_task[realtask]:
-                                target = True
+                                foundtarget = True
                                 break
-                        if not target:
+                        if not foundtarget:
                             logger.debug(2, "Skipping setscene for task %s" % self.rqdata.get_user_idstring(self.rqdata.runq_setscene[nexttask]))
                             self.task_skip(nexttask)
                             self.scenequeue_notneeded.add(nexttask)