diff --git a/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass b/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
index 4ba9ec8f25..35db2b1192 100644
--- a/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2007-2011 Koen Kooi <koen@openembedded.org>
 #
 
-inherit image-artifact-names
+IMAGE_CLASSES += "image-artifact-names"
 
 BUILDHISTORY_FEATURES ?= "image package sdk"
 BUILDHISTORY_DIR ?= "${TOPDIR}/buildhistory"