diff --git a/build/tools/sdk_repo.mk b/build/tools/sdk_repo.mk
index 6cd3b3daa..c40dc085b 100644
--- a/build/tools/sdk_repo.mk
+++ b/build/tools/sdk_repo.mk
@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@ endef
 
 ifneq ($(filter sdk,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
 
-# Similarly capture all sys-img.xml that are now split out of repository.xml
-$(eval $(call mk-sdk-repo-pkg-3,SDK_SYSIMG_XML_ARGS,$(HOST_OS),$(MAIN_SDK_ZIP),system-images,system-images/*))
-
 SDK_SYSIMG_DEPS += \
     $(call sdk-repo-pkg-zip,$(HOST_OS),$(MAIN_SDK_ZIP),system-images) \