diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kernel-selftest/kernel-selftest.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kernel-selftest/kernel-selftest.bb
index 648a5d7c5a..14aa5d0c0c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kernel-selftest/kernel-selftest.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-kernel/kernel-selftest/kernel-selftest.bb
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ do_compile[depends] += "virtual/kernel:do_install"
 
 inherit linux-kernel-base module-base kernel-arch ptest siteinfo
 
-S = "${UNPACKDIR}/${BP}"
-
 DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP:remove = "-fcanon-prefix-map"
 
 TEST_LIST = "\