diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 77ff494523..2900a8bdba 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -444,7 +444,6 @@ STAGING_DIR_TARGET = "${RECIPE_SYSROOT}"
 # Setting DEPLOY_DIR outside of TMPDIR is helpful, when you are using
 # packaged staging and/or multimachine.
 DEPLOY_DIR ?= "${TMPDIR}/deploy"
-DEPLOY_DIR_TAR = "${DEPLOY_DIR}/tar"
 DEPLOY_DIR_IPK = "${DEPLOY_DIR}/ipk"
 DEPLOY_DIR_RPM = "${DEPLOY_DIR}/rpm"
 DEPLOY_DIR_DEB = "${DEPLOY_DIR}/deb"