diff --git a/meta/classes/sign_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/sign_ipk.bbclass
index cb01f7353b4..de11b9f32f1 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sign_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sign_ipk.bbclass
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 #           Optional variable for specifying the gnupg "home" directory:
 #
 
-inherit sanity
-
 IPK_SIGN_PACKAGES = '1'
 IPK_GPG_BACKEND ?= 'local'
 IPK_GPG_SIGNATURE_TYPE ?= 'ASC'
diff --git a/meta/classes/sign_package_feed.bbclass b/meta/classes/sign_package_feed.bbclass
index 49ecd5bd9fe..d33e850dbc5 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sign_package_feed.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sign_package_feed.bbclass
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 # GPG_PATH
 #           Optional variable for specifying the gnupg "home" directory:
 #
-inherit sanity
 
 PACKAGE_FEED_SIGN = '1'
 PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_BACKEND ?= 'local'
diff --git a/meta/classes/sign_rpm.bbclass b/meta/classes/sign_rpm.bbclass
index c6314db5313..62a5e724758 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sign_rpm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sign_rpm.bbclass
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 # GPG_PATH
 #           Optional variable for specifying the gnupg "home" directory:
 
-inherit sanity
-
 RPM_SIGN_PACKAGES = '1'
 RPM_SIGN_FILES ?= '0'
 RPM_GPG_BACKEND ?= 'local'