diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc
index 836690492b..8866f0d2f8 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/default-distrovars.inc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ IMAGE_FEATURES ?= ""
 # This is a list of packages that are used by the build system to build the distribution, they are not
 # directly part of the distribution. 
 HOSTTOOLS_WHITELIST_GPL-3.0 ?= ""
-WHITELIST_GPL-3.0 ?= "less"
+WHITELIST_GPL-3.0 ?= ""
 LGPLv2_WHITELIST_GPL-3.0 ?= "libassuan gnutls libtasn1 libidn"
 
 COMMERCIAL_AUDIO_PLUGINS ?= ""