diff --git a/yocto-poky/meta/classes/vala.bbclass b/yocto-poky/meta/classes/vala.bbclass
index 9ff664a..615eb37 100644
--- a/yocto-poky/meta/classes/vala.bbclass
+++ b/yocto-poky/meta/classes/vala.bbclass
@@ -16,3 +16,9 @@
     ${datadir}/vala/vapi/*.deps \
     ${datadir}/gir-1.0 \
 "
+
+# Remove vapigen.m4 that is bundled with tarballs
+# because it does not yet have our cross-compile fixes
+do_configure_prepend() {
+        rm -f ${S}/m4/vapigen.m4
+}