diff --git a/meta-openpower/conf/distro/include/openpower-distrovars.inc b/meta-openpower/conf/distro/include/openpower-distrovars.inc
index 2b5c090..479e099 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/conf/distro/include/openpower-distrovars.inc
+++ b/meta-openpower/conf/distro/include/openpower-distrovars.inc
@@ -2,5 +2,3 @@
 DISTRO_FEATURES_FILTER_NATIVE += "openpower"
 DISTRO_FEATURES_FILTER_NATIVESDK += "openpower"
 DISTROOVERRIDES .= ":df-openpower"
-
-PREFERRED_VERSION_openpower-fru-vpd = "1.0"