diff --git a/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-custom.bb b/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-custom.bb
index 1438ad84d6..55f0c38c03 100644
--- a/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-custom.bb
+++ b/meta-skeleton/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-custom.bb
@@ -42,5 +42,3 @@ PR = "r0"
 PV = "${LINUX_VERSION}+git${SRCPV}"
 
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(qemuarm|qemux86|qemuppc|qemumips|qemux86-64)"
-
-require recipes-kernel/linux/linux-tools.inc