diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gnu-config/gnu-config_20120814.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/gnu-config/gnu-config_20120814.bb
index d67466ae79..21d24f07ee 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gnu-config/gnu-config_20120814.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gnu-config/gnu-config_20120814.bb
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ SRC_URI = "http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/gnu-config/gnu-config-${PV
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "bcfca5a2bb39edad4aae5a65efc84094"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "44f99a8e76f3e8e4fec0bb5ad4762f8e44366168554ce66cb85afbe2ed3efd8b"
 
+# Disable default since make clean doesn't work
+do_configure () {
+	:
+}
+
 do_compile() {
 	:
 }
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gnu-config/gnu-config_git.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/gnu-config/gnu-config_git.bb
index 00fa759176..ef9e323349 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gnu-config/gnu-config_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gnu-config/gnu-config_git.bb
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ SRC_URI = "git://git.sv.gnu.org/config.git \
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
+# Disable default since make clean doesn't work
+do_configure () {
+	:
+}
+
 do_compile() {
 	:
 }