diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
index ea59d02..d200129 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/externalsrc.bbclass
@@ -73,9 +73,8 @@
 
         d.setVar('SRC_URI', ' '.join(local_srcuri))
 
-        if '{SRCPV}' in d.getVar('PV', False):
-            # Dummy value because the default function can't be called with blank SRC_URI
-            d.setVar('SRCPV', '999')
+        # Dummy value because the default function can't be called with blank SRC_URI
+        d.setVar('SRCPV', '999')
 
         if d.getVar('CONFIGUREOPT_DEPTRACK') == '--disable-dependency-tracking':
             d.setVar('CONFIGUREOPT_DEPTRACK', '')