diff --git a/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_selinux.inc b/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_selinux.inc
index cc83b01..6e491ce 100644
--- a/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_selinux.inc
+++ b/recipes-core/busybox/busybox_selinux.inc
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ python create_sh_wrapper_reset_alternative_vars () {
     # We need to load the full set of busybox provides from the /etc/busybox.links
     # Use this to see the update-alternatives with the right information
 
-    dvar = d.getVar('D', True)
-    pn = d.getVar('PN', True)
-    base_bindir = d.getVar('base_bindir', True)
+    dvar = d.getVar('D')
+    pn = d.getVar('PN')
+    base_bindir = d.getVar('base_bindir')
 
     def create_sh_alternative_vars(links, target, mode):
         import shutil
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ python create_sh_wrapper_reset_alternative_vars () {
         os.fchmod(fwp.fileno(), mode)
         fwp.close()
         # Install the sh wrappers and alternatives reset to link to them
-        wpdir = os.path.join(d.getVar('libdir', True), pn)
+        wpdir = os.path.join(d.getVar('libdir'), pn)
         wpdir_dest = '%s%s' % (dvar, wpdir)
         if not os.path.exists(wpdir_dest):
             os.makedirs(wpdir_dest)
diff --git a/recipes-security/refpolicy/refpolicy_common.inc b/recipes-security/refpolicy/refpolicy_common.inc
index 2083a37..1d9ca93 100644
--- a/recipes-security/refpolicy/refpolicy_common.inc
+++ b/recipes-security/refpolicy/refpolicy_common.inc
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ python __anonymous () {
 
     # make sure DEFAULT_ENFORCING is something sane
     if not re.match('^(enforcing|permissive|disabled)$',
-                    d.getVar('DEFAULT_ENFORCING', True),
+                    d.getVar('DEFAULT_ENFORCING'),
                     flags=0):
         d.setVar('DEFAULT_ENFORCING', 'permissive')
 }
diff --git a/recipes-security/selinux/libselinux-python.inc b/recipes-security/selinux/libselinux-python.inc
index 24407e8..6a64473 100644
--- a/recipes-security/selinux/libselinux-python.inc
+++ b/recipes-security/selinux/libselinux-python.inc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} += "libselinux python3-core python3-shell"
 
 def get_policyconfigarch(d):
     import re
-    target = d.getVar('TARGET_ARCH', True)
+    target = d.getVar('TARGET_ARCH')
     p = re.compile('i.86')
     target = p.sub('i386',target)
     return "ARCH=%s" % (target)
diff --git a/recipes-security/selinux/libselinux.inc b/recipes-security/selinux/libselinux.inc
index 8d381de..fe8c087 100644
--- a/recipes-security/selinux/libselinux.inc
+++ b/recipes-security/selinux/libselinux.inc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DEPENDS_append_libc-musl = " fts"
 
 def get_policyconfigarch(d):
     import re
-    target = d.getVar('TARGET_ARCH', True)
+    target = d.getVar('TARGET_ARCH')
     p = re.compile('i.86')
     target = p.sub('i386',target)
     return "ARCH=%s" % (target)