diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/pldm/pldm_%.bbappend b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/pldm/pldm_%.bbappend
index d997e16..589bf3d 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/pldm/pldm_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/pldm/pldm_%.bbappend
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 # Force the mctp-demux to be used until machine is ready to use in-kernel MCTP
-PACKAGECONFIG = "transport-mctp-demux"
-
-PACKAGECONFIG += "oem-ibm"
-PACKAGECONFIG[oem-ibm] = "-Doem-ibm=enabled, -Doem-ibm=disabled, , squashfs-tools"
+PACKAGECONFIG:append = " transport-mctp-demux oem-ibm"
 
 EXTRA_OEMESON += " \
         -Dsoftoff-timeout-seconds=2700 \
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/pldm/pldm_git.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/pldm/pldm_git.bb
index 0531b03..0900842 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/pldm/pldm_git.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/pldm/pldm_git.bb
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
 
 PACKAGECONFIG[transport-mctp-demux] = "-Dtransport-implementation=mctp-demux"
 PACKAGECONFIG[transport-af-mctp] = "-Dtransport-implementation=af-mctp"
+PACKAGECONFIG[oem-ibm] = "-Doem-ibm=enabled, -Doem-ibm=disabled, , squashfs-tools"
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG:append:df-mctp = " transport-af-mctp"
 
 EXTRA_OEMESON = " \
         -Dtests=disabled \
-        -Doem-ibm=disabled \
         "
 
 pkg_prerm:${PN} () {