diff --git a/recipes-angstrom/angstrom/task-angstrom-e.bb b/recipes-angstrom/angstrom/task-angstrom-e.bb
index 5c94039..91cd60e 100644
--- a/recipes-angstrom/angstrom/task-angstrom-e.bb
+++ b/recipes-angstrom/angstrom/task-angstrom-e.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/LICENSE;md5=3f40d7994397109285ec7b81fdeb3b58"
 
 PR = "r1"
-ALLOW_EMPTY = "1"
+
 
 PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
 
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ PACKAGES = "\
     angstrom-e-base-depends \
     angstrom-e-depends"
 
+ALLOW_EMPTY_angstrom-e-base-depends = "1"
+ALLOW_EMPTY_angstrom-e-depends = "1"
+
 RDEPENDS_angstrom-e-base-depends := "\
     angstrom-x11-base-depends \
     rxvt-unicode xstroke xtscal xrandr xmodmap xdpyinfo \