1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 9c72044d8d..2b86442b1d 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ ROOT_HOME ??= "/home/root"
 # Architecture-dependent build variables.
 ##################################################################
 
-BUILD_ARCH = "${@os.uname()[4]}"
-BUILD_OS = "${@os.uname()[0].lower()}"
+# Immediate expansion since there is no point in reapeatedly calling
+# os.uname() throughout parsing
+BUILD_ARCH := "${@os.uname()[4]}"
+BUILD_OS := "${@os.uname()[0].lower()}"
 BUILD_VENDOR = ""
 BUILD_SYS = "${BUILD_ARCH}${BUILD_VENDOR}-${BUILD_OS}"
 BUILD_PREFIX = ""