diff --git a/build/tools/sdk_repo.mk b/build/tools/sdk_repo.mk
index c40dc085b..febd8fda1 100644
--- a/build/tools/sdk_repo.mk
+++ b/build/tools/sdk_repo.mk
@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@ endef
 
 ifneq ($(filter sdk,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
 
-SDK_SYSIMG_DEPS += \
-    $(call sdk-repo-pkg-zip,$(HOST_OS),$(MAIN_SDK_ZIP),system-images) \
-
 # All these go in the main repository.xml
 $(eval $(call mk-sdk-repo-pkg-1,SDK_REPO_XML_ARGS,$(HOST_OS),$(MAIN_SDK_ZIP),docs))
 $(eval $(call mk-sdk-repo-pkg-2,SDK_REPO_XML_ARGS,$(HOST_OS),$(MAIN_SDK_ZIP),platforms))