diff --git a/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-os-tadevkit_4.11.0.bb b/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-os-tadevkit_4.11.0.bb
index cca9f62a..d4e8c81f 100644
--- a/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-os-tadevkit_4.11.0.bb
+++ b/meta-arm/recipes-security/optee/optee-os-tadevkit_4.11.0.bb
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ do_deploy() {
 	echo "Do not inherit do_deploy from optee-os."
 }
 
+SPDX_DEPLOY_ALLOW_EMPTY:task-deploy = "1"
+
 FILES:${PN} = "${includedir}/optee/"
 
 # Build paths are currently embedded