diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gc
index e89a7c0..57668f9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-common.inc
@@ -109,3 +109,4 @@ do_headerfix[vardepvalue] = "PATH"
 # We need to ensure that for the shared work directory, the do_patch singatures
 # The real WORKDIR location isn't a dependency for the shared workdir.
 src_patches[vardepsexclude] = "WORKDIR"
+should_apply[vardepsexclude] = "PN"