@@ -140,16 +140,6 @@ meson_do_configure() {
# https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/commit/ef9aeb188ea2bc7353e59916c18901cde90fa2b3
unset LD
- # sstate.bbclass no longer removes empty directories to avoid a race (see
- # commit 4f94d929 "sstate/staging: Handle directory creation race issue").
- # Unfortunately Python apparently treats an empty egg-info directory as if
- # the version it previously contained still exists and fails if a newer
- # version is required, which Meson does. To avoid this, make sure there are
- # no empty egg-info directories from previous versions left behind. Ignore
- # all errors from rmdir since the egg-info may be a file rather than a
- # directory.
- rmdir ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/${PYTHON_DIR}/site-packages/*.egg-info 2>/dev/null || :
-
# Work around "Meson fails if /tmp is mounted with noexec #2972"
mkdir -p "${B}/meson-private/tmp"
export TMPDIR="${B}/meson-private/tmp"