diff --git a/conf/bitbake.conf b/conf/bitbake.conf
index deb36aaa1ac..107a5fdd12f 100644
--- a/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ IMAGE_CMD = "_NO_DEFINED_IMAGE_TYPES_"
 IMAGE_ROOTFS = "${TMPDIR}/rootfs"
 OVERRIDES = "local:${MACHINE}:${TARGET_OS}:${TARGET_ARCH}"
 P = "${PN}-${PV}"
-PERSISTENT_DIR = "${TMPDIR}/cache"
 PF = "${PN}-${PV}-${PR}"
 PN = "${@bb.parse.BBHandler.vars_from_file(d.getVar('FILE', False),d)[0] or 'defaultpkgname'}"
 PR = "${@bb.parse.BBHandler.vars_from_file(d.getVar('FILE', False),d)[2] or 'r0'}"