diff --git a/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/classes/sign_package_feed.bbclass b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/classes/sign_package_feed.bbclass
index 31a6e9b..71df03b 100644
--- a/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/classes/sign_package_feed.bbclass
+++ b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/classes/sign_package_feed.bbclass
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@
 python () {
     # Check sanity of configuration
     for var in ('PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_NAME', 'PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_PASSPHRASE_FILE'):
-        if not d.getVar(var, True):
+        if not d.getVar(var):
             raise_sanity_error("You need to define %s in the config" % var, d)
 
-    sigtype = d.getVar("PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_SIGNATURE_TYPE", True)
+    sigtype = d.getVar("PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_SIGNATURE_TYPE")
     if sigtype.upper() != "ASC" and sigtype.upper() != "BIN":
         raise_sanity_error("Bad value for PACKAGE_FEED_GPG_SIGNATURE_TYPE (%s), use either ASC or BIN" % sigtype)
 }