diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index f2d00aa327..d5a43e931a 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ AUTO_LIBNAME_PKGS = "${PACKAGES}"
 # This works for  functions as well, they are really just environment variables.
 # Default OVERRIDES to make compilation fail fast in case of build system misconfiguration.
 OVERRIDES = "${TARGET_OS}:${TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH}:build-${BUILD_OS}:pn-${PN}:${MACHINEOVERRIDES}:${DISTROOVERRIDES}:${CLASSOVERRIDE}:forcevariable"
+OVERRIDES[vardepsexclude] = "MACHINEOVERRIDES"
 CLASSOVERRIDE ?= "class-target"
 DISTROOVERRIDES ?= "${@d.getVar('DISTRO', True) or ''}"
 MACHINEOVERRIDES ?= "${MACHINE}"