diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
index fb004601724c1fa07ff3b3f972f3bd3f0e12a52d..8e50ce93a58eb3a63099ac461ed5f073daed87fc 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_base.bbclass
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PACKAGES = ""
 
-inherit image-postinst-intercepts image-artifact-names
+inherit image-postinst-intercepts image-artifact-names nopackages
 
 # Wildcards specifying complementary packages to install for every package that has been explicitly
 # installed into the rootfs