Index: Makefile.inc1
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--- Makefile.inc1
+++ Makefile.inc1
@@ -373,6 +373,11 @@
 	@echo ".export ${_TOOLCHAIN_METADATA_VARS}" >> ${.TARGET}
 	@echo ".export ${_TOOLCHAIN_METADATA_VARS:C,^,X_,}" >> ${.TARGET}
 
+# Do not check the host database for distributeworld since this target is used
+# to generate install media that will be installed elsewhere.
+.if make(distributeworld)
+DB_FROM_SRC=	yes
+.endif
 
 # We must do lib/ and libexec/ before bin/ in case of a mid-install error to
 # keep the users system reasonably usable.  For static->dynamic root upgrades,