diff --git a/meta/packages/tasks/task-base.bb b/meta/packages/tasks/task-base.bb
index c180b31271..825979b04a 100644
--- a/meta/packages/tasks/task-base.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/tasks/task-base.bb
@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ python __anonymous () {
 
     import bb
 
-    if not hasattr(__builtins__, 'set'):
-	from sets import Set as set
-
     distro_features = set(bb.data.getVar("DISTRO_FEATURES", d, 1).split())
     machine_features= set(bb.data.getVar("MACHINE_FEATURES", d, 1).split())