diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/native.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/native.bbclass
index febb4b6001..625975a694 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/native.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/native.bbclass
@@ -53,20 +53,20 @@ PTEST_ENABLED = "0"
 export CONFIG_SITE = "${COREBASE}/meta/site/native"
 
 # set the compiler as well. It could have been set to something else
-export CC = "${BUILD_CC}"
-export CXX = "${BUILD_CXX}"
-export FC = "${BUILD_FC}"
-export CPP = "${BUILD_CPP}"
-export LD = "${BUILD_LD}"
-export CCLD = "${BUILD_CCLD}"
-export AR = "${BUILD_AR}"
-export AS = "${BUILD_AS}"
-export RANLIB = "${BUILD_RANLIB}"
-export STRIP = "${BUILD_STRIP}"
-export NM = "${BUILD_NM}"
-export OBJCOPY = "${BUILD_OBJCOPY}"
-export OBJDUMP = "${BUILD_OBJDUMP}"
-export READELF = "${BUILD_READELF}"
+CC = "${BUILD_CC}"
+CXX = "${BUILD_CXX}"
+FC = "${BUILD_FC}"
+CPP = "${BUILD_CPP}"
+LD = "${BUILD_LD}"
+CCLD = "${BUILD_CCLD}"
+AR = "${BUILD_AR}"
+AS = "${BUILD_AS}"
+RANLIB = "${BUILD_RANLIB}"
+STRIP = "${BUILD_STRIP}"
+NM = "${BUILD_NM}"
+OBJCOPY = "${BUILD_OBJCOPY}"
+OBJDUMP = "${BUILD_OBJDUMP}"
+READELF = "${BUILD_READELF}"
 
 # Path prefixes
 base_prefix = "${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}"