diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package.py b/meta/lib/oe/package.py
index 8ccd89a190..d8862ae92d 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/package.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/package.py
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ def filedeprunner(pkg, pkgfiles, rpmdeps, pkgdest):
 
         return provides, requires
 
-    output = subprocess.check_output(shlex.split(rpmdeps) + pkgfiles, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode("utf-8")
+    output = subprocess.check_output(shlex.split(rpmdeps) + pkgfiles).decode("utf-8")
     provides, requires = process_deps(output, pkg, pkgdest, provides, requires)
 
     return (pkg, provides, requires)