diff --git a/meta/classes/binconfig.bbclass b/meta/classes/binconfig.bbclass
index 4e425a76d6..50c66ae8d3 100644
--- a/meta/classes/binconfig.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/binconfig.bbclass
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-inherit base
-
 # The namespaces can clash here hence the two step replace
 def get_binconfig_mangle(d):
 	import bb.data