diff --git a/meta-witherspoon/conf/machine/witherspoon-128.conf b/meta-witherspoon/conf/machine/witherspoon-128.conf
index a3981cc..d21b9b2 100644
--- a/meta-witherspoon/conf/machine/witherspoon-128.conf
+++ b/meta-witherspoon/conf/machine/witherspoon-128.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+MACHINEOVERRIDES =. "witherspoon:"
 require conf/machine/witherspoon.conf
-MACHINEOVERRIDES .= ":witherspoon"
 
 KERNEL_DEVICETREE = "${KMACHINE}-bmc-opp-${MACHINE}.dtb"