diff --git a/scripts/oe-setup-layers b/scripts/oe-setup-layers
index 6c02262663..c8012fa670 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-setup-layers
+++ b/scripts/oe-setup-layers
@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ parser.add_argument('--jsondata', default=__file__+".json", help='File containin
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
 with open(args.jsondata) as f:
-    json = json.load(f)
+    json_f = json.load(f)
 
 supported_versions = ["1.0"]
-if json["version"] not in supported_versions:
-    raise Exception("File {} has version {}, which is not in supported versions: {}".format(args.jsondata, json["version"], supported_versions))
+if json_f["version"] not in supported_versions:
+    raise Exception("File {} has version {}, which is not in supported versions: {}".format(args.jsondata, json_f["version"], supported_versions))
 
-_do_checkout(vars(args), json)
+_do_checkout(vars(args), json_f)