diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 8b607088c6..ed67500ba7 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -745,6 +745,7 @@ AUTOREV = "${@bb.fetch2.get_autorev(d)}"
 SRCPV = ""
 
 SRC_URI = ""
+SRC_URI_FILES = ""
 
 # Use pseudo as the fakeroot implementation
 PSEUDO_LOCALSTATEDIR ?= "${WORKDIR}/pseudo/"