diff --git a/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/classes/icecc.bbclass b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/classes/icecc.bbclass
index a837894..c572571 100644
--- a/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/classes/icecc.bbclass
+++ b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/classes/icecc.bbclass
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 DEPENDS_prepend += "${@icecc_dep_prepend(d)} "
 
+get_cross_kernel_cc[vardepsexclude] += "KERNEL_CC"
 def get_cross_kernel_cc(bb,d):
     kernel_cc = d.getVar('KERNEL_CC', False)