diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/multilib_global.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/multilib_global.bbclass
index dcd89b2..6095d27 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/multilib_global.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/multilib_global.bbclass
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@
             # from a copy of the datastore
             localdata = bb.data.createCopy(d)
             localdata.delVar("KERNEL_VERSION")
+            localdata.delVar("KERNEL_VERSION_PKG_NAME")
 
             variants = (e.data.getVar("MULTILIB_VARIANTS") or "").split()