diff --git a/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
index 719d871bca..1461144949 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 inherit rootfs_${IMAGE_PKGTYPE}
 
-IMAGETEST ?= "dummy"
-inherit imagetest-${IMAGETEST}
-
 inherit populate_sdk_base
 
 TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK += "${PACKAGE_INSTALL}"
diff --git a/meta/classes/imagetest-dummy.bbclass b/meta/classes/imagetest-dummy.bbclass
deleted file mode 100644
index bcacae604f..0000000000
--- a/meta/classes/imagetest-dummy.bbclass
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# dummy testclass file
diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
index 88bcb27757..473b12673b 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 inherit meta toolchain-scripts
 inherit populate_sdk_${IMAGE_PKGTYPE}
 
+IMAGETESTCLASS = "${@oe.utils.ifelse(d.getVar('IMAGETEST'),'imagetest-' + (d.getVar('IMAGETEST') or ""),'')}"
+inherit ${IMAGETESTCLASS}
+
 SDK_DIR = "${WORKDIR}/sdk"
 SDK_OUTPUT = "${SDK_DIR}/image"
 SDK_DEPLOY = "${TMPDIR}/deploy/sdk"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/meta/meta-toolchain.bb b/meta/recipes-core/meta/meta-toolchain.bb
index 61f9d34f4b..dccf394c10 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/meta/meta-toolchain.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/meta/meta-toolchain.bb
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ PR = "r7"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/LICENSE;md5=3f40d7994397109285ec7b81fdeb3b58 \
                     file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420"
 
-IMAGETEST ?= "dummy"
-inherit populate_sdk imagetest-${IMAGETEST}
+inherit populate_sdk