diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/image.bbclass
index 1d88ccd..c2f3232 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/image.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/image.bbclass
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@
         localdata.delVar('DATETIME')
         localdata.delVar('DATE')
         localdata.delVar('TMPDIR')
+        localdata.delVar('IMAGE_VERSION_SUFFIX')
         vardepsexclude = (d.getVarFlag('IMAGE_CMD:' + realt, 'vardepsexclude', True) or '').split()
         for dep in vardepsexclude:
             localdata.delVar(dep)