diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/icecc.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/icecc.bbclass
index 312e0f1..159cae2 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/icecc.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/icecc.bbclass
@@ -428,22 +428,18 @@
     bbnote "Using icecc tarball: $ICECC_VERSION"
 }
 
-do_configure[network] = "1"
 do_configure:prepend() {
     set_icecc_env
 }
 
-do_compile[network] = "1"
 do_compile:prepend() {
     set_icecc_env
 }
 
-do_compile_kernelmodules[network] = "1"
 do_compile_kernelmodules:prepend() {
     set_icecc_env
 }
 
-do_install[network] = "1"
 do_install:prepend() {
     set_icecc_env
 }
@@ -457,3 +453,9 @@
 
 # Add the toolchain scripts to the SDK
 TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK:append = " ${ICECC_SDK_HOST_TASK}"
+
+python () {
+    if d.getVar('ICECC_DISABLED') != "1":
+        for task in ['do_configure', 'do_compile', 'do_compile_kernelmodules', 'do_install']:
+                d.setVarFlag(task, 'network', '1')
+}