diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-devtools/python/python3_%.bbappend b/meta-phosphor/recipes-devtools/python/python3_%.bbappend
index 324b28c..a2dafcf 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-devtools/python/python3_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-devtools/python/python3_%.bbappend
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 inherit update-alternatives
 
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN}-core += "python"
+ALTERNATIVE:${PN}-core += "python"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[python] = "${bindir}/python"
 ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[python] = "${bindir}/python3"
 
 # python3 takes up a lot of space that most embedded systems
 # do not have, so remove some un-needed files from the rootfs
-do_install_append_class-target() {
+do_install:append:class-target() {
     # Even though python3 is built with --without-ensurepip, it still installs
     # a large, compressed version of pip.  Remove it to free up the space.
     rm -rf ${D}${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/ensurepip