diff --git a/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass b/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
index daa96f3b63bb377b9cdc626c56be71d7d668f71b..05f66d10b9c0f836946d23bb7581e00d52590d9d 100644
--- a/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ BUILDHISTORY_DIR_PACKAGE = "${BUILDHISTORY_DIR}/packages/${MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS}
 # of failed builds.
 #
 # The expected usage is via auto.conf, but passing via the command line also works
-# with: BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE=BUILDHISTORY_RESET BUILDHISTORY_RESET=1
+# with: BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS=BUILDHISTORY_RESET BUILDHISTORY_RESET=1
 BUILDHISTORY_RESET ?= ""
 
 BUILDHISTORY_OLD_DIR = "${BUILDHISTORY_DIR}/${@ "old" if "${BUILDHISTORY_RESET}" else ""}"
diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
index ef93b6a8269dcbe0e7d26a451eb65e408463e63e..2a80659d9a950dd45700f70c90216a4032a5334b 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_ext.bbclass
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ python copy_buildsystem () {
         bb.utils.mkdirhier(uninative_outdir)
         shutil.copy(uninative_file, uninative_outdir)
 
-    env_whitelist = (d.getVar('BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE') or '').split()
+    env_whitelist = (d.getVar('BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS') or '').split()
     env_whitelist_values = {}
 
     # Create local.conf
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ python copy_buildsystem () {
             f.write('meta/conf\n')
 
     # Ensure any variables set from the external environment (by way of
-    # BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE) are set in the SDK's configuration
+    # BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS) are set in the SDK's configuration
     extralines = []
     for name, value in env_whitelist_values.items():
         actualvalue = d.getVar(name) or ''
diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index fba99e8f0cd980c385f27689c2f6cdd8a450f0ea..6cccc30fa75283f2a899ccce9a4d6983210014db 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ BB_HASHEXCLUDE_COMMON ?= "TMPDIR FILE PATH PWD BB_TASKHASH BBPATH BBSERVER DL_DI
 BB_HASHBASE_WHITELIST ?= "${BB_HASHEXCLUDE_COMMON} PSEUDO_IGNORE_PATHS BUILDHISTORY_DIR \
     SSTATE_DIR SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH"
 BB_HASHCONFIG_WHITELIST ?= "${BB_HASHEXCLUDE_COMMON} DATE TIME SSH_AGENT_PID \
-    SSH_AUTH_SOCK PSEUDO_BUILD BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE DISABLE_SANITY_CHECKS \
+    SSH_AUTH_SOCK PSEUDO_BUILD BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS DISABLE_SANITY_CHECKS \
     PARALLEL_MAKE BB_NUMBER_THREADS BB_ORIGENV BB_INVALIDCONF BBINCLUDED \
     GIT_PROXY_COMMAND ALL_PROXY all_proxy NO_PROXY no_proxy FTP_PROXY ftp_proxy \
     HTTP_PROXY http_proxy HTTPS_PROXY https_proxy SOCKS5_USER SOCKS5_PASSWD \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/meta/buildtools-tarball.bb b/meta/recipes-core/meta/buildtools-tarball.bb
index 166671316ac960e262a4e179b45ac003369461e3..60f6aac837a261692372aa6f55397fd53b111fb9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/meta/buildtools-tarball.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/meta/buildtools-tarball.bb
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ EOF
 
 	if [ "${SDKMACHINE}" = "i686" ]; then
 		echo 'export NO32LIBS="0"' >>$script
-		echo 'echo "$BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE" | grep -q "NO32LIBS"' >>$script
-		echo '[ $? != 0 ] && export BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE="NO32LIBS $BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE"' >>$script
+		echo 'echo "$BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS" | grep -q "NO32LIBS"' >>$script
+		echo '[ $? != 0 ] && export BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS="NO32LIBS $BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS"' >>$script
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/meta/testexport-tarball.bb b/meta/recipes-core/meta/testexport-tarball.bb
index 7cb84a01049efac46e24ccd298ede5e4fbbe13e1..bb9f8ded48c9035feb2385316d0d817a8f0eabb8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/meta/testexport-tarball.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/meta/testexport-tarball.bb
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ create_sdk_files:append () {
 
 	if [ "${SDKMACHINE}" = "i686" ]; then
 		echo 'export NO32LIBS="0"' >>$script
-		echo 'echo "$BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE" | grep -q "NO32LIBS"' >>$script
-		echo '[ $? != 0 ] && export BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE="NO32LIBS $BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE"' >>$script
+		echo 'echo "$BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS" | grep -q "NO32LIBS"' >>$script
+		echo '[ $? != 0 ] && export BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS="NO32LIBS $BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS"' >>$script
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/contrib/test_build_time.sh b/scripts/contrib/test_build_time.sh
index 23f238adf6e0ae45f6f489a3b7a20d2d0e4cc8d0..4012ac7ba7e7d550547be36aac14de4f9bd778da 100755
--- a/scripts/contrib/test_build_time.sh
+++ b/scripts/contrib/test_build_time.sh
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ if [ $? != 0 ] ; then
     exit 251
 fi
 
-if [ "$BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE" != "" ] ; then
+if [ "BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS" != "" ] ; then
    echo "WARNING: you are running after sourcing the build environment script, this is not recommended"
 fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/lib/checklayer/__init__.py b/scripts/lib/checklayer/__init__.py
index 9713570841b7b98d16bb07507ab46c8bf6c226fe..aa946f3036cd14dce89be24c570623b270fe5262 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/checklayer/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/checklayer/__init__.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ def get_signatures(builddir, failsafe=False, machine=None, extravars=None):
     sigs = {}
     tune2tasks = {}
 
-    cmd = 'BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE="$BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER" BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER="OEBasicHash" '
+    cmd = 'BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS="$BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER" BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER="OEBasicHash" '
     if extravars:
         cmd += extravars
         cmd += ' '
diff --git a/scripts/lib/checklayer/cases/common.py b/scripts/lib/checklayer/cases/common.py
index 318cda169ed70e1792bdb2010ea566db56fc2be7..491a13953c81ef6434f8daab7f35359969e22cd4 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/checklayer/cases/common.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/checklayer/cases/common.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class CommonCheckLayer(OECheckLayerTestCase):
         '''
         msg = []
         try:
-            get_signatures(self.td['builddir'], failsafe=False, machine=None, extravars='BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE="$BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE INHERIT" INHERIT="yocto-check-layer"')
+            get_signatures(self.td['builddir'], failsafe=False, machine=None, extravars='BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS="$BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS INHERIT" INHERIT="yocto-check-layer"')
         except RuntimeError as ex:
             msg.append(str(ex))
         if msg:
diff --git a/scripts/oe-buildenv-internal b/scripts/oe-buildenv-internal
index e0d920f2fc26b1830a84738ae2334e3f300ab382..485d4c52e19faa3ce97ec3de9b0e41524c170b52 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-buildenv-internal
+++ b/scripts/oe-buildenv-internal
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ unset BITBAKEDIR newpath
 export BUILDDIR
 export PATH
 
-BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE_OE="MACHINE DISTRO TCMODE TCLIBC HTTP_PROXY http_proxy \
+BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS_OE="MACHINE DISTRO TCMODE TCLIBC HTTP_PROXY http_proxy \
 HTTPS_PROXY https_proxy FTP_PROXY ftp_proxy FTPS_PROXY ftps_proxy ALL_PROXY \
 all_proxy NO_PROXY no_proxy SSH_AGENT_PID SSH_AUTH_SOCK BB_SRCREV_POLICY \
 SDKMACHINE BB_NUMBER_THREADS BB_NO_NETWORK PARALLEL_MAKE GIT_PROXY_COMMAND \
 SOCKS5_PASSWD SOCKS5_USER SCREENDIR STAMPS_DIR BBPATH_EXTRA BB_SETSCENE_ENFORCE \
 BB_LOGCONFIG"
 
-BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE="$(echo $BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE $BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE_OE | tr ' ' '\n' | LC_ALL=C sort --unique | tr '\n' ' ')"
+BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS="$(echo $BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS $BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS_OE | tr ' ' '\n' | LC_ALL=C sort --unique | tr '\n' ' ')"
 
-export BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE
+export BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS
diff --git a/scripts/oe-check-sstate b/scripts/oe-check-sstate
index 59bcb32a8c594b1f448ce041753f86f960486c37..f4cc5869de466a8b1d4ebddc91d13b0d1f2d3ef4 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-check-sstate
+++ b/scripts/oe-check-sstate
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def check(args):
     try:
         env = os.environ.copy()
         if not args.same_tmpdir:
-            env['BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE'] = env.get('BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE', '') + ' TMPDIR:forcevariable'
+            env['BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS'] = env.get('BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS', '') + ' TMPDIR:forcevariable'
             env['TMPDIR:forcevariable'] = tmpdir
 
         try: