diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-base-utils.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-base-utils.bb
index b17cba4a78..4bf8007afe 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-base-utils.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-base-utils.bb
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ inherit packagegroup

 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_vim ?= "vim-tiny"

-PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
-
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "\
     base-passwd \
     bash \