diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc
index e42c8c2..45f27a7 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
 WARN_TO_ERROR_QA = "already-stripped compile-host-path install-host-path \
                     installed-vs-shipped ldflags pn-overrides rpaths staticdev \
                     useless-rpaths"
-WARN_QA_remove = "${WARN_TO_ERROR_QA}"
-ERROR_QA_append = " ${WARN_TO_ERROR_QA}"
+WARN_QA:remove = "${WARN_TO_ERROR_QA}"
+ERROR_QA:append = " ${WARN_TO_ERROR_QA}"
 
 require conf/distro/include/no-static-libs.inc
 require conf/distro/include/yocto-uninative.inc
@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@
         ${OBMC_MACHINE_FEATURES} \
         "
 
-DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS_remove_qemuarm = "packagegroup-core-device-devel"
+DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS:remove:qemuarm = "packagegroup-core-device-devel"
 
 include conf/distro/include/openbmc-phosphor/${MACHINE}.inc
 
-IMAGE_CLASSES_append = " image_types_phosphor phosphor-rootfs-postcommands"
-IMAGE_CLASSES_append_npcm7xx = " image_types_phosphor_nuvoton"
+IMAGE_CLASSES:append = " image_types_phosphor phosphor-rootfs-postcommands"
+IMAGE_CLASSES:append:npcm7xx = " image_types_phosphor_nuvoton"
 
-IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " dbus-broker libnss-systemd"
+IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " dbus-broker libnss-systemd"
 
 # Skip the udev database by default.  It adds around 2MB
 # compressed to the root filesystem, and probably doesn't
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 
 LAYER_CONF_VERSION ?= "8"
 
-KERNEL_CLASSES_append = " obmc-phosphor-kernel-version"
+KERNEL_CLASSES:append = " obmc-phosphor-kernel-version"
 
 # Some packages have directory trees of YAML files arranged based on
 # canonical organization names.  'xyz/openbmc_project' should be used
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
index 63aee78..8673a15 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
@@ -231,16 +231,16 @@
 
 # Disable security on croserver.
 # Remove if https://github.com/open-power/eCMD/pull/433 is ever merged
-SECURITY_STRINGFORMAT_pn-croserver = ""
+SECURITY_STRINGFORMAT:pn-croserver = ""
 # obmc-libobmc-intf doesn't compile with security flags enabled
-SECURITY_CFLAGS_pn-obmc-libobmc-intf = ""
+SECURITY_CFLAGS:pn-obmc-libobmc-intf = ""
 
 # remove when https://gerrit.openbmc-project.xyz/c/openbmc/pldm/+/39984
 # is merged and rev bumped
-SECURITY_CFLAGS_pn-pldm = ""
+SECURITY_CFLAGS:pn-pldm = ""
 
 # We generally want to enable LTO with meson
-EXTRA_OEMESON_append_class-target = " -Db_lto=true"
+EXTRA_OEMESON:append:class-target = " -Db_lto=true"
 
 # Set the root password to '0penBmc'
 # Override this in your local.conf
@@ -250,6 +250,6 @@
 # salted and hashed with SHA512 suitable for /etc/shadow or `usermod -p`.
 DEFAULT_OPENBMC_PASSWORD = "'\$6\$UGMqyqdG\$GqTb3tXPFx9AJlzTw/8X5RoW2Z.100dT.acuk8AFJfNQYr.ZRL8itMIgLqsdq46RNHgiv78XayOSl.IbR4DFU.'"
 
-EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS_pn-obmc-phosphor-image = " \
+EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS:pn-obmc-phosphor-image = " \
   usermod -p ${DEFAULT_OPENBMC_PASSWORD} root; \
   "
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-mrw.inc b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-mrw.inc
index 9fe8618..56e0d01 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-mrw.inc
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-mrw.inc
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 
 DISTROOVERRIDES .= ":df-mrw"
 
-VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_phosphor-hwmon-config_df-mrw ?= "phosphor-hwmon-config-mrw"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_phosphor-hwmon-config:df-mrw ?= "phosphor-hwmon-config-mrw"
 
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-ipmi-fru-inventory_df-mrw ?= "phosphor-ipmi-fru-inventory-mrw-native"
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-ipmi-fru-properties_df-mrw ?= "phosphor-ipmi-fru-properties-mrw-native"
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-ipmi-fru-read-inventory_df-mrw ?= "phosphor-ipmi-fru-read-inventory-mrw-native"
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory_df-mrw ?= "phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory-mrw-native"
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-ipmi-inventory-sel_df-mrw ?= "phosphor-ipmi-inventory-sel-mrw-native"
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-led-manager-config-native_df-mrw ?= "phosphor-led-manager-config-mrw-native"
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-logging-callouts_df-mrw ?= "phosphor-logging-callouts-mrw-native"
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-fan-presence-config_df-mrw ?= "phosphor-fan-presence-mrw"
-PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-fan-control-fan-config_df-mrw ?= "phosphor-fan-control-fan-config-mrw"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-ipmi-fru-inventory:df-mrw ?= "phosphor-ipmi-fru-inventory-mrw-native"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-ipmi-fru-properties:df-mrw ?= "phosphor-ipmi-fru-properties-mrw-native"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-ipmi-fru-read-inventory:df-mrw ?= "phosphor-ipmi-fru-read-inventory-mrw-native"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory:df-mrw ?= "phosphor-ipmi-sensor-inventory-mrw-native"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-ipmi-inventory-sel:df-mrw ?= "phosphor-ipmi-inventory-sel-mrw-native"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-led-manager-config-native:df-mrw ?= "phosphor-led-manager-config-mrw-native"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-logging-callouts:df-mrw ?= "phosphor-logging-callouts-mrw-native"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-fan-presence-config:df-mrw ?= "phosphor-fan-presence-mrw"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-fan-control-fan-config:df-mrw ?= "phosphor-fan-control-fan-config-mrw"
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/layer.conf b/meta-phosphor/conf/layer.conf
index f651b2d..664fc0e 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/layer.conf
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 
 BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "phosphor-layer"
 BBFILE_PATTERN_phosphor-layer := "^${LAYERDIR}/"
-LAYERVERSION_phosphor-layer = "1"
-LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_phosphor-layer = "gatesgarth hardknott"
+LAYERVERSION:phosphor-layer = "1"
+LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_phosphor-layer = "gatesgarth hardknott honister"
 
 IMAGE_FEATURES[validitems] += "tools-profile"
 
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-phosphor/conf/local.conf.sample
index 0a62163..a385367 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 MACHINE ??= "qemuarm"
 DISTRO ?= "openbmc-phosphor"
 PACKAGE_CLASSES ?= "package_rpm"
-SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS_append ?= " *"
-EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES = "debug-tweaks"
-USER_CLASSES ?= "buildstats image-prelink"
+SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS:append ?= " *"
+EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES ?= "debug-tweaks"
+USER_CLASSES ?= "buildstats"
 PATCHRESOLVE = "noop"
-BB_DISKMON_DIRS = "\
+BB_DISKMON_DIRS ??= "\
     STOPTASKS,${TMPDIR},1G,100K \
     STOPTASKS,${DL_DIR},1G,100K \
     STOPTASKS,${SSTATE_DIR},1G,100K \
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/machine/include/obmc-bsp-common.inc b/meta-phosphor/conf/machine/include/obmc-bsp-common.inc
index 8a3da11..158c569 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/machine/include/obmc-bsp-common.inc
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/machine/include/obmc-bsp-common.inc
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@
 INITRAMFS_CTYPE ?= "xz"
 INITRAMFS_FSTYPES = "cpio.${INITRAMFS_CTYPE}"
 INITRAMFS_IMAGE = "obmc-phosphor-initramfs"
-INITRAMFS_IMAGE_df-obmc-ubi-fs = ""
+INITRAMFS_IMAGE:df-obmc-ubi-fs = ""