diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-test/pm-qa/pm-qa_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-test/pm-qa/pm-qa_git.bb
index 1574bf0ce9..f792415037 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-test/pm-qa/pm-qa_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-test/pm-qa/pm-qa_git.bb
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ SRC_URI = " \
 
 CFLAGS += "-pthread"
 
-PATCHTOOL = "git"
-
 do_compile () {
     # Find all the .c files in this project and build them.
     for x in `find . -name "*.c"`