diff --git a/bin/bitbake-setup b/bin/bitbake-setup
index 34260139c2d..92ed563c277 100755
--- a/bin/bitbake-setup
+++ b/bin/bitbake-setup
@@ -466,8 +466,7 @@ def get_registry_config(registry_path, id):
 def merge_overrides_into_sources(sources, overrides):
     layers = copy.deepcopy(sources)
     for k,v in overrides.items():
-        if k in layers:
-            layers[k] = v
+        layers[k] = v
     return layers
 
 def update_build(config, confdir, setupdir, layerdir, d, update_bb_conf="prompt", init_vscode=False, rebase_conflicts_strategy='abort'):