diff --git a/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_%.bbappend b/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_%.bbappend
deleted file mode 100644
index ba5fab18e0..0000000000
--- a/recipes-core/coreutils/coreutils_%.bbappend
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-PR .= ".1"
-
-DEPENDS_class-native += "attr-native"
-
-# ensure coreutils-native's cp supports xattr for surfman package config
-EXTRA_OECONF_class-native += "--enable-xattr"