diff --git a/scripts/oe-setup-builddir b/scripts/oe-setup-builddir
index 201cea30bf..72113c37b8 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-setup-builddir
+++ b/scripts/oe-setup-builddir
@@ -133,6 +133,4 @@ fi
 [ ! -r "$OECORENOTESCONF" ] || cat "$OECORENOTESCONF"
 unset OECORENOTESCONF
 
-if [ ! -f "$BUILDDIR/conf/templateconf.cfg" ]; then
-    echo "$ORG_TEMPLATECONF" >"$BUILDDIR/conf/templateconf.cfg"
-fi
+echo "$ORG_TEMPLATECONF" >"$BUILDDIR/conf/templateconf.cfg"