diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
index fb00460172..8e50ce93a5 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PACKAGES = ""
 
-inherit image-postinst-intercepts image-artifact-names
+inherit image-postinst-intercepts image-artifact-names nopackages
 
 # Wildcards specifying complementary packages to install for every package that has been explicitly
 # installed into the rootfs