diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/core-image-base.bbappend b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/core-image-base.bbappend
index 6736d81ed..f34365cf0 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/core-image-base.bbappend
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/core-image-base.bbappend
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ CORE_IMAGE_BASE_INSTALL += "dey-examples-digiapix"
 # non-graphical core-image-base.
 CORE_IMAGE_BASE_INSTALL:append:ccimx6ul = " connectcore-demo-example"
 
-# SDK features (for toolchains generated from an image with populate_sdk)
-SDKIMAGE_FEATURES ?= "dev-pkgs dbg-pkgs staticdev-pkgs"
+# Add staticdev packages to SDK
+SDKIMAGE_FEATURES:append = " staticdev-pkgs"
 
 # Add our dey-image tweaks to the final image (like /etc/buildinfo info)
 inherit dey-image
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-graphical.inc b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-graphical.inc
index e78dcfcf5..8df53d800 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-graphical.inc
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/dey-image-graphical.inc
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ IMAGE_FEATURES += " \
     ${@bb.utils.contains('MACHINE_FEATURES', 'wifi', 'dey-wireless', '', d)} \
 "
 
-# SDK features (for toolchains generated from an image with populate_sdk)
-SDKIMAGE_FEATURES ?= "dev-pkgs dbg-pkgs staticdev-pkgs"
+# Add staticdev packages to SDK
+SDKIMAGE_FEATURES:append = " staticdev-pkgs"
 
 IMAGE_LINGUAS = ""
 
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/meta/dey-toolchain.bb b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/meta/dey-toolchain.bb
index 2cc5c4fec..153b9efe2 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/meta/dey-toolchain.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/meta/dey-toolchain.bb
@@ -6,5 +6,8 @@ LICENSE = "MIT"
 inherit core-image qt-version
 inherit populate_sdk ${QT_POPULATE_SDK}
 
+# Add staticdev packages to SDK
+SDKIMAGE_FEATURES:append = " staticdev-pkgs"
+
 SDK_NAME = "${PN}-${MACHINE}"
 TOOLCHAIN_OUTPUTNAME = "${SDK_NAME}-${SDK_VERSION}"