diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 8b26461874..67577c8fe7 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ ASSUME_PROVIDED = "\
 
 PN = "${@bb.parse.vars_from_file(d.getVar('FILE', False),d)[0] or 'defaultpkgname'}"
 PV = "${@bb.parse.vars_from_file(d.getVar('FILE', False),d)[1] or '1.0'}"
-PR = "${@bb.parse.vars_from_file(d.getVar('FILE', False),d)[2] or 'r0'}"
+PR = "r0"
 PE = ""
 PF = "${PN}-${EXTENDPE}${PV}-${PR}"
 EXTENDPE = "${@['','${PE}_'][int(d.getVar('PE') or 0) > 0]}"