diff --git a/recipes-devtools/python/python3_%.bbappend b/recipes-devtools/python/python3_%.bbappend
index 0fdf4c99..2c406102 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/python/python3_%.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-devtools/python/python3_%.bbappend
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 python() {
     from pathlib import Path
 
+    if d.getVar("CLASSOVERRIDE") != "class-target":
+        return
+
     # we may have no workdir at parsetime -> create directly in DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE
     Path(d.getVar("DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE")).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
     packages = d.getVar('PACKAGES')
     packages_file_out = Path(d.getVar("DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE") + "/python_packages.txt").open('w')
     packages_file_out.write("%s\n" % packages)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}