diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/meta/meta-environment.bb b/meta/recipes-core/meta/meta-environment.bb
index 9f7e382d72..4ba919f7fe 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/meta/meta-environment.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/meta/meta-environment.bb
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ do_generate_content() {
     echo 'Metadata Revision: ${METADATA_REVISION}' >> $versionfile
     echo 'Timestamp: ${DATETIME}' >> $versionfile
 }
-do_generate_content[recrdeptask] = "do_compile"
 addtask generate_content before do_install after do_compile
 
 do_install[nostamp] = "1"