diff --git a/classes/qemu-ext.bbclass b/classes/qemu-ext.bbclass
index 5f4a4bb2..f016281d 100644
--- a/classes/qemu-ext.bbclass
+++ b/classes/qemu-ext.bbclass
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ DEPENDS += "qemu-native"
 #   an absolute path.
 
 def qemu_run_binary_local(data, rootfs_path, binary):
-    libdir = rootfs_path + data.getVar("libdir", False)
-    base_libdir = rootfs_path + data.getVar("base_libdir", False)
-    extra_libdir = data.getVar("QEMU_EXTRA_LIBDIR", False)
+    libdir = rootfs_path + data.getVar("libdir")
+    base_libdir = rootfs_path + data.getVar("base_libdir")
+    extra_libdir = data.getVar("QEMU_EXTRA_LIBDIR")
     if extra_libdir:
         return qemu_wrapper_cmdline(data, rootfs_path, [libdir, base_libdir, extra_libdir]) + binary
     else: