-# we do not import
-DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " systemd smack"
-DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED_append = " sysvinit"
-VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager = "systemd"
-
-# workaround
-# ERROR: Nothing PROVIDES 'smack' (but meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-extended/ostree/ostree_2020.3.bb DEPENDS on or otherwise requires it)
-BBMASK += "meta-oe/recipes-extended/ostree/ostree_2020.3.bb"
+# we cannot import the distro config right away
+# as the initial values are poky only till the layer
+# is added in