diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/setuptools3.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/setuptools3.bbclass
index f19899d42e..0adce5e2ec 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/setuptools3.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/setuptools3.bbclass
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ setuptools3_do_configure() {
 
 setuptools3_do_compile() {
         cd ${SETUPTOOLS_SETUP_PATH}
-        NO_FETCH_BUILD=1 \
         STAGING_INCDIR=${STAGING_INCDIR} \
         STAGING_LIBDIR=${STAGING_LIBDIR} \
         ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/python3-native/python3 setup.py \
diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/setuptools3_legacy.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/setuptools3_legacy.bbclass
index 030c3d9e0e..166808a695 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/setuptools3_legacy.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/setuptools3_legacy.bbclass
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ setuptools3_legacy_do_configure() {
 
 setuptools3_legacy_do_compile() {
         cd ${SETUPTOOLS_SETUP_PATH}
-        NO_FETCH_BUILD=1 \
         STAGING_INCDIR=${STAGING_INCDIR} \
         STAGING_LIBDIR=${STAGING_LIBDIR} \
         ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/python3-native/python3 setup.py \