diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.96.bb b/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.96.bb
index d2b85ed9c0..7358f02385 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.96.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/sysvinit/sysvinit_2.96.bb
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ SRC_URI[md5sum] = "48cebffebf2a96ab09bec14bf9976016"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "2a2e26b72aa235a23ab1c8471005f890309ce1196c83fbc9413c57b9ab62b587"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/sysvinit-${PV}"
-B = "${S}/src"
 
 inherit update-alternatives features_check
 DEPENDS_append = " update-rc.d-native base-passwd virtual/crypt"