diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 74976ac05c..3438be92b7 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -272,10 +272,8 @@ DEPCHAIN_PRE = ""
 DEPCHAIN_POST = "-dev -dbg"
 
 DEPENDS = ""
-RDEPENDS = ""
 PROVIDES = ""
 PROVIDES_prepend = "${PN} "
-RPROVIDES = ""
 
 MULTI_PROVIDER_WHITELIST = "virtual/libintl virtual/libintl-native virtual/nativesdk-libintl virtual/xserver virtual/update-alternatives-native virtual/update-alternatives"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.9.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.9.1.bb
index a89122f949..a2dc572672 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.9.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.9.1.bb
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ python(){
     # First set RPROVIDES for -native case
     # Hardcoded since it cant be python3-native-foo, should be python3-foo-native
     pn = 'python3'
-    rprovides = d.getVar('RPROVIDES').split()
+    rprovides = (d.getVar('RPROVIDES') or "").split()
 
     # ${PN}-misc-native is not in the manifest
     rprovides.append(pn + '-misc-native')