diff --git a/meta/classes/dpkg-prebuilt.bbclass b/meta/classes/dpkg-prebuilt.bbclass
index 97e1e2de2..f03415267 100644
--- a/meta/classes/dpkg-prebuilt.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/dpkg-prebuilt.bbclass
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ python do_unpack_prepend() {
 # break dependencies on do_patch, etc... but still support sstate caching
 deltask dpkg_build
 addtask dpkg_build after do_unpack before do_deploy_deb
+# break inherited (from dpkg-base) dependency on sbuild_chroot
+do_dpkg_build[depends] = ""
 do_dpkg_build() {
     true
 }