diff --git a/meta/classes/dpkg-prebuilt.bbclass b/meta/classes/dpkg-prebuilt.bbclass
index 8135fc81..1ee1147c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/dpkg-prebuilt.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/dpkg-prebuilt.bbclass
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ inherit dpkg-base
 
 python do_unpack:prepend() {
     # enforce unpack=false
-    src_uri = (d.getVar('SRC_URI', False) or '').split()
+    src_uri = (d.getVar('SRC_URI') or '').split()
     if len(src_uri) == 0:
         return
     def ensure_unpack_false(uri):