diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample
index 3ef25a2a89..f1f6d690fb 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@ EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES ?= "debug-tweaks"
 # enable extra features. Some available options which can be included in this variable
 # are:
 #   - 'buildstats' collect build statistics
-#   - 'image-prelink' in order to prelink the filesystem image
-USER_CLASSES ?= "buildstats image-prelink"
+USER_CLASSES ?= "buildstats"
 
 #
 # Runtime testing of images