diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/deb/sdk.py b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/deb/sdk.py
index 1169744674..690b10d2ba 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/deb/sdk.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/deb/sdk.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class PkgSdk(Sdk):
                                 self.target_conf_dir,
                                 deb_repo_workdir=deb_repo_workdir)
 
-        self.host_pm = DpkgPM(d, self.sdk_host_sysroot,
+        self.host_pm = DpkgPM(d, self.sdk_output,
                               self.d.getVar("SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS"),
                               self.d.getVar("DEB_SDK_ARCH"),
                               self.host_conf_dir,
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/ipk/sdk.py b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/ipk/sdk.py
index c39a32fa24..8dc01661ef 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/ipk/sdk.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/ipk/sdk.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class PkgSdk(Sdk):
                                 self.d.getVar("ALL_MULTILIB_PACKAGE_ARCHS"),
                                 ipk_repo_workdir=ipk_repo_workdir)
 
-        self.host_pm = OpkgPM(d, self.sdk_host_sysroot, self.host_conf,
+        self.host_pm = OpkgPM(d, self.sdk_output, self.host_conf,
                               self.d.getVar("SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS"),
                                 ipk_repo_workdir=ipk_repo_workdir)
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class PkgSdk(Sdk):
             self.host_pm.remove_lists()
 
         target_sysconfdir = os.path.join(self.sdk_target_sysroot, self.sysconfdir)
-        host_sysconfdir = os.path.join(self.sdk_host_sysroot, self.sysconfdir)
+        host_sysconfdir = os.path.join(self.sdk_output, self.sysconfdir)
 
         self.mkdirhier(target_sysconfdir)
         shutil.copy(self.target_conf, target_sysconfdir)
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/rpm/sdk.py b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/rpm/sdk.py
index ea79fe050b..7f586955fc 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/rpm/sdk.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/package_manager/rpm/sdk.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class PkgSdk(Sdk):
                                )
 
         self.host_pm = RpmPM(d,
-                             self.sdk_host_sysroot,
+                             self.sdk_output,
                              self.d.getVar('SDK_VENDOR'),
                              'host',
                              "SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS",
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/sdk.py b/meta/lib/oe/sdk.py
index c2c5431c0d..ff535b5489 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/sdk.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/sdk.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ class Sdk(object, metaclass=ABCMeta):
         self.sysconfdir = self.d.getVar('sysconfdir').strip('/')
 
         self.sdk_target_sysroot = os.path.join(self.sdk_output, self.target_path)
-        self.sdk_host_sysroot = self.sdk_output
 
         if manifest_dir is None:
             self.manifest_dir = self.d.getVar("SDK_DIR")
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ class Sdk(object, metaclass=ABCMeta):
                            lang for lang in linguas.split()])
             # Generate a locale archive of them
             target_arch = self.d.getVar('SDK_ARCH')
-            rootfs = oe.path.join(self.sdk_host_sysroot, self.sdk_native_path)
+            rootfs = oe.path.join(self.sdk_output, self.sdk_native_path)
             localedir = oe.path.join(rootfs, self.d.getVar("libdir_nativesdk"), "locale")
             generate_locale_archive(self.d, rootfs, target_arch, localedir)
             # And now delete the binary locales