diff --git a/meta/classes/gnome.bbclass b/meta/classes/gnome.bbclass
index 71ace84fbb..3d68b12e9e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/gnome.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/gnome.bbclass
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/application-registry \
     ${datadir}/mime-info \
     ${datadir}/gnome-2.0"
 
-inherit autotools_stage pkgconfig gconf
+inherit autotools pkgconfig gconf
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += "GCONF_DISABLE_MAKEFILE_SCHEMA_INSTALL=1"