diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index f7700f1191..9336c244bc 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@ DEPLOY_DIR_IPK = "${DEPLOY_DIR}/ipk"
 DEPLOY_DIR_RPM = "${DEPLOY_DIR}/rpm"
 DEPLOY_DIR_DEB = "${DEPLOY_DIR}/deb"
 DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE ?= "${DEPLOY_DIR}/images/${MACHINE}"
-DEPLOY_DIR_TOOLS = "${DEPLOY_DIR}/tools"
 
 PKGDATA_DIR = "${TMPDIR}/pkgdata/${MACHINE}"