diff --git a/meta-romulus/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-host-start.bbappend b/meta-romulus/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-host-start.bbappend
index 4cac490..278470f 100644
--- a/meta-romulus/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-host-start.bbappend
+++ b/meta-romulus/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-host-start.bbappend
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += 'avsbus-control'
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += 'vrm-control'
-RDEPENDS_${PN}_remove += "p9-vcs-workaround"
+RDEPENDS_${PN}_append_romulus = " avsbus-control"
+RDEPENDS_${PN}_append_romulus = " vrm-control"
+RDEPENDS_${PN}_remove_romulus = "p9-vcs-workaround"