diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index cd1c4a64..fdb7a5c8 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ PR = "${@bb.parse.BBHandler.vars_from_file(d.getVar('FILE', False),d)[2] or 'r0'
 PROVIDES = ""
 S = "${WORKDIR}/${P}"
 AUTOREV = "${@bb.fetch2.get_autorev(d)}"
-SRC_URI = "file://${FILE}"
+SRC_URI = ""
 STAMPS_DIR ?= "${TMPDIR}/stamps"
 STAMP = "${STAMPS_DIR}/${DISTRO}-${DISTRO_ARCH}/${PN}/${PV}-${PR}"
 STAMPCLEAN = "${STAMPS_DIR}/${DISTRO}-${DISTRO_ARCH}/${PN}/*-*"