diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
index 5e1dc28c25fa..968dcb3cbfa7 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ POKY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES = ""
 POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RDEPENDS = "packagegroup-core-boot"
 POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-module-af-packet"
 
-DISTRO_FEATURES ?= "${DISTRO_FEATURES_DEFAULT} ${POKY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES}"
+DISTRO_FEATURES ?= "${POKY_DEFAULT_DISTRO_FEATURES}"
 
 PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto ?= "6.18%"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto-rt ?= "6.18%"