diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/packagegroups/packagegroup-obmc-apps.bbappend b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/packagegroups/packagegroup-obmc-apps.bbappend
index fe68359..a27dce5 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/packagegroups/packagegroup-obmc-apps.bbappend
+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-phosphor/packagegroups/packagegroup-obmc-apps.bbappend
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-leds:remove:witherspoon-tacoma = "phosphor-led-manager-faultmonitor"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-devtools:remove:witherspoon = "rsync"
 
-${PN}-software-extras:append:ibm-ac-server = " phosphor-software-manager-sync"
-${PN}-software-extras:append:p10bmc = " phosphor-software-manager-usb"
-${PN}-software-extras:append:p10bmc = " phosphor-software-manager-side-switch"
-${PN}-software-extras:append:system1 = " phosphor-software-manager-side-switch"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-software:append:ibm-ac-server = " phosphor-software-manager-sync"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-software:append:p10bmc = " phosphor-software-manager-usb"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-software:append:p10bmc = " phosphor-software-manager-side-switch"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-software:append:system1 = " phosphor-software-manager-side-switch"
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/packagegroups/packagegroup-obmc-apps.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/packagegroups/packagegroup-obmc-apps.bb
index 37061fc..48b4816 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/packagegroups/packagegroup-obmc-apps.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/packagegroups/packagegroup-obmc-apps.bb
@@ -148,22 +148,17 @@
         ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_obmc-sensors-hwmon} \
         "
 
-${PN}-software-extras = ""
-
-${PN}-software-extras:df-obmc-ubi-fs = " \
-        phosphor-software-manager-updater-ubi \
-        "
-
-${PN}-software-extras:df-phosphor-mmc = " \
-        phosphor-software-manager-updater-mmc \
-        "
-
 SUMMARY:${PN}-software = "Software applications"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-software = " \
         phosphor-software-manager-download-mgr \
         phosphor-software-manager-updater \
         phosphor-software-manager-version \
-        ${${PN}-software-extras} \
+        "
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-software:append:df-obmc-ubi-fs = " \
+        phosphor-software-manager-updater-ubi \
+        "
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-software:append:df-phosphor-mmc = " \
+        phosphor-software-manager-updater-mmc \
         "
 
 SUMMARY:${PN}-debug-collector = "BMC debug collector"