diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 86a6adac977f..e2a6e4a54756 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -1280,10 +1280,7 @@
             },
             "step9" : {
                 "shortname" : "Test meta-exein YP Compatibility",
-                "extravars" : [
-                    "HOSTTOOLS:remove = 'clang llvm-strip'"
-                ],
-                "EXTRACMDS" : ["export PATH=$PATH:${SCRIPTSDIR}/exein-path-intercepts; yocto-check-layer-wrapper ../meta-exein --dependency ../meta-openembedded/meta-oe --no-auto-dependency"]
+                "EXTRACMDS" : ["export PATH=$PATH:${SCRIPTSDIR}/exein-path-intercepts; yocto-check-layer-wrapper ../meta-exein --dependency ../meta-openembedded/meta-oe ../meta-clang --no-auto-dependency"]
             }
         },
         "metrics" : {