diff --git a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
index e62ad4dd5f..39419d5de5 100644
--- a/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta-yocto/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS ?= " \
             Debian-8.* \n \
             openSUSE-project-13.2 \n \
             "
-
-# Default hash policy for distro
-BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER ?= 'OEBasicHash'
 #
 # OELAYOUT_ABI allows us to notify users when the format of TMPDIR changes in 
 # an incompatible way. Such changes should usually be detailed in the commit