diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index a1420cf373..e311e30fcc 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ AUTO_LIBNAME_PKGS = "${PACKAGES}"
 OVERRIDES = "${TARGET_OS}:${TARGET_ARCH}:build-${BUILD_OS}:pn-${PN}:${MACHINEOVERRIDES}:${DISTROOVERRIDES}:forcevariable"
 DISTROOVERRIDES ?= "${DISTRO}"
 MACHINEOVERRIDES ?= "${MACHINE}"
+MACHINEOVERRIDES[vardepsexclude] = "MACHINE"
 
 CPU_FEATURES ?= ""
 CPU_FEATURES_arm ?= "vfp"