diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/build.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/build.py
index 8ad9f5de2a..a228b05ddd 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/build.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/build.py
@@ -818,8 +818,8 @@ def add_tasks(tasklist, d):
         if 'deps' in flags:
             for dep in flags['deps']:
                 # Check and warn for "addtask task after foo" while foo does not exist
-                if not dep in tasklist:
-                    bb.warn('%s: dependent task %s for %s does not exist' % (d.getVar('PN'), dep, task))
+                #if not dep in tasklist:
+                #    bb.warn('%s: dependent task %s for %s does not exist' % (d.getVar('PN'), dep, task))
                 dep = d.expand(dep)
                 task_deps['parents'][task].append(dep)
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/parse.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/parse.py
index aa7adc40f2..747fc35fc2 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/parse.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/tests/parse.py
@@ -203,5 +203,5 @@ deltask do_fetch do_patch
         self.assertTrue("addtask contained multiple 'after' keywords" in stdout)
         self.assertTrue('addtask ignored: " do_patch"' in stdout)
         self.assertTrue('deltask ignored: " do_patch"' in stdout)
-        self.assertTrue('dependent task do_foo for do_patch does not exist' in stdout)
+        #self.assertTrue('dependent task do_foo for do_patch does not exist' in stdout)