diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/deb/rootfs.py b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/deb/rootfs.py
index 1e25b64ed9..21d6cc5e5d 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/deb/rootfs.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/deb/rootfs.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class PkgRootfs(DpkgOpkgRootfs):
         if self.progress_reporter:
             self.progress_reporter.next_stage()
 
-        for pkg_type in self.install_order:
+        for pkg_type in Manifest.INSTALL_ORDER:
             if pkg_type in pkgs_to_install:
                 self.pm.install(pkgs_to_install[pkg_type],
                                 [False, True][pkg_type == Manifest.PKG_TYPE_ATTEMPT_ONLY])
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/ipk/rootfs.py b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/ipk/rootfs.py
index ba93eb62ea..bc822bac87 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/ipk/rootfs.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/ipk/rootfs.py
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ class PkgRootfs(DpkgOpkgRootfs):
         if self.progress_reporter:
             self.progress_reporter.next_stage()
 
-        for pkg_type in self.install_order:
+        for pkg_type in Manifest.INSTALL_ORDER:
             if pkg_type in pkgs_to_install:
                 # For multilib, we perform a sanity test before final install
                 # If sanity test fails, it will automatically do a bb.fatal()
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py b/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py
index 7ef7e71f9e..5eee48f587 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ class Rootfs(object, metaclass=ABCMeta):
         self.logcatcher = logcatcher
         self.warn_check_regex = r'^(warn|Warn|WARNING:)'
 
-        self.install_order = Manifest.INSTALL_ORDER
-
     @abstractmethod
     def _create(self):
         pass