diff --git a/scripts/package-metadata.pl b/scripts/package-metadata.pl
index fbd458bf2a..46446e994b 100755
--- a/scripts/package-metadata.pl
+++ b/scripts/package-metadata.pl
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ sub gen_package_mk() {
 				} elsif (defined($srcpackage{$dep})) {
 					$idx = $subdir{$dep}.$dep;
 				}
-				undef $idx if $idx eq 'base-files';
+
 				if ($idx) {
 					$idx .= $suffix;