diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/atk/atkmm_2.28.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/atk/atkmm_2.28.2.bb
index a3e8bbf..b305fe5 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/atk/atkmm_2.28.2.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/atk/atkmm_2.28.2.bb
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 
 EXTRA_OEMESON = "-Dbuild-documentation=false"
 
-FILES_${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/*/include ${libdir}/*/proc/m4"
+FILES:${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/*/include ${libdir}/*/proc/m4"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gmime/gmime_3.2.7.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gmime/gmime_3.2.7.bb
index e70b747..7f38d42 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gmime/gmime_3.2.7.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gmime/gmime_3.2.7.bb
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
 
 export ac_cv_have_iconv_detect_h="yes"
 
-do_configure_append () {
+do_configure:append () {
     cp ${WORKDIR}/iconv-detect.h ${S}
 }
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gnome-common/gnome-common_3.18.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gnome-common/gnome-common_3.18.0.bb
index d874164..634b609 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gnome-common/gnome-common_3.18.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gnome-common/gnome-common_3.18.0.bb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "autoconf-archive"
 PACKAGECONFIG[autoconf-archive] = "--with-autoconf-archive, --without-autoconf-archive, autoconf-archive"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/aclocal"
-FILES_${PN}-dev = ""
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/aclocal"
+FILES:${PN}-dev = ""
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gnome-doc-utils-stub/gnome-doc-utils-stub_1.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gnome-doc-utils-stub/gnome-doc-utils-stub_1.0.bb
index f7fbedd..ec258ae 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gnome-doc-utils-stub/gnome-doc-utils-stub_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gnome-doc-utils-stub/gnome-doc-utils-stub_1.0.bb
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 
 PROVIDES = "gnome-doc-utils"
 
-do_install_append() {
+do_install:append() {
         install -d ${D}${datadir}/aclocal/
         install ${WORKDIR}/gnome-doc-utils.m4 ${D}${datadir}/aclocal/
 }
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}"
 
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gnome-themes/gnome-themes-extra_3.28.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gnome-themes/gnome-themes-extra_3.28.bb
index ac59471..3a018bb 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gnome-themes/gnome-themes-extra_3.28.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gnome-themes/gnome-themes-extra_3.28.bb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-gtk3-engine"
 
-do_install_append() {
+do_install:append() {
         # Only building Adwaita, remove highcontrast files
         rm -rf ${D}${prefix}/share/themes/HighContrast \
                ${D}${prefix}/share/icons
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@
              gnome-theme-adwaita-dark \
              "
 
-FILES_gnome-theme-adwaita = "${prefix}/share/themes/Adwaita \
+FILES:gnome-theme-adwaita = "${prefix}/share/themes/Adwaita \
                               ${libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libadwaita.so"
 
-FILES_gnome-theme-adwaita-dark = "${prefix}/share/themes/Adwaita-dark"
-RDEPENDS_gnome-theme-adwaita-dark = "gnome-theme-adwaita"
+FILES:gnome-theme-adwaita-dark = "${prefix}/share/themes/Adwaita-dark"
+RDEPENDS:gnome-theme-adwaita-dark = "gnome-theme-adwaita"
 
 # gnome-themes-standard is empty and doesn't exist
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev = ""
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-dev = ""
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+.inc b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+.inc
index ccbcfc8..124e3db 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+.inc
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+.inc
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
 
 PACKAGES += "libgail gtk-demo"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${bindir}/gtk-update-icon-cache-2.0 \
+FILES:${PN} += "${bindir}/gtk-update-icon-cache-2.0 \
 	${bindir}/gtk-query-immodules-2.0 \
 	${datadir}/themes ${sysconfdir} \
 	${libdir}/gtk-2.0/${LIBV}/engines/libpixmap.so"
 
-FILES_${PN}-dev += " \
+FILES:${PN}-dev += " \
         ${datadir}/gtk-2.0/include \
 	${libdir}/gtk-2.0/include \
 	${libdir}/gtk-2.0/modules/*.la \
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@
 	${libdir}/gtk-2.0/${LIBV}/engines/*.la \
 	${bindir}/gtk-builder-convert"
 
-FILES_gtk-demo = " \
+FILES:gtk-demo = " \
  ${datadir}/gtk-2.0/demo/* \
  ${bindir}/gtk-demo \
  "
 
-FILES_libgail = " \
+FILES:libgail = " \
 	${libdir}/gtk-2.0/modules/libgail.so \
 	${libdir}/gtk-2.0/modules/libferret.so \
 	"
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@
                         "
 GTKGLIBC_RRECOMMENDS ?= "${GTKBASE_RRECOMMENDS} glibc-gconv-iso8859-1"
 
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "${GTKBASE_RRECOMMENDS}"
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN}_libc-glibc = "${GTKGLIBC_RRECOMMENDS}"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} = "${GTKBASE_RRECOMMENDS}"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN}:libc-glibc = "${GTKGLIBC_RRECOMMENDS}"
 
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "gtk-update-icon-cache"
+ALTERNATIVE:${PN} = "gtk-update-icon-cache"
 ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[gtk-update-icon-cache] = "${bindir}/gtk-update-icon-cache-2.0"
 
-do_compile_prepend() {
+do_compile:prepend() {
         export GIR_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH="${B}/gdk/.libs"
 }
 
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+_2.24.33.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+_2.24.33.bb
index 0c2e353..ccd82b9 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+_2.24.33.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+_2.24.33.bb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 PACKAGES_DYNAMIC += "^gtk-immodule-.* ^gtk-printbackend-.*"
 
-python populate_packages_prepend () {
+python populate_packages:prepend () {
     gtk_libdir = d.expand('${libdir}/gtk-2.0/${LIBV}')
     immodules_root = os.path.join(gtk_libdir, 'immodules')
     printmodules_root = os.path.join(gtk_libdir, 'printbackends');
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@
     do_split_packages(d, printmodules_root, r'^libprintbackend-(.*)\.so$', 'gtk-printbackend-%s', 'GTK printbackend module for %s')
 
     if (d.getVar('DEBIAN_NAMES')):
-        d.setVar(d.expand('PKG_${PN}'), '${MLPREFIX}libgtk-2.0')
+        d.setVar(d.expand('PKG:${PN}'), '${MLPREFIX}libgtk-2.0')
 }
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtkmm3_3.24.5.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtkmm3_3.24.5.bb
index 2c5012c..428ec69 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtkmm3_3.24.5.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtkmm3_3.24.5.bb
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
 
 EXTRA_OEMESON = "-Dbuild-demos=false"
 
-FILES_${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/*/include ${libdir}/*/proc/m4"
+FILES:${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/*/include ${libdir}/*/proc/m4"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtkmm_2.24.5.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtkmm_2.24.5.bb
index bb17944..a9bb338 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtkmm_2.24.5.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtkmm_2.24.5.bb
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = " --disable-documentation "
 
-FILES_${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/*/include ${libdir}/*/proc/m4"
+FILES:${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/*/include ${libdir}/*/proc/m4"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/libjcat/libjcat_0.1.7.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/libjcat/libjcat_0.1.7.bb
index b857cc5..e96ef00 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/libjcat/libjcat_0.1.7.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/libjcat/libjcat_0.1.7.bb
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@
 EXTRA_OEMESON = "-Dman=false"
 GTKDOC_MESON_OPTION = "gtkdoc"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN}_class-target = "\
+RDEPENDS:${PN}:class-target = "\
     ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'gpg', 'gnupg', '', d)} \
 "
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/libpeas/libpeas_1.30.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/libpeas/libpeas_1.30.0.bb
index 316a927..d2e0183 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/libpeas/libpeas_1.30.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/libpeas/libpeas_1.30.0.bb
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG[python3] = "-Dpython3=true,-Dpython3=false,python3-pygobject"
 
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-demo ${PN}-python3"
-FILES_${PN}-demo = " \
+FILES:${PN}-demo = " \
     ${bindir}/peas-demo \
     ${libdir}/peas-demo \
 "
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-python3 = "python3-pygobject"
-FILES_${PN}-python3 = "${libdir}/libpeas-1.0/loaders/libpython3loader.so"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-python3 = "python3-pygobject"
+FILES:${PN}-python3 = "${libdir}/libpeas-1.0/loaders/libpython3loader.so"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/vte9/vte9.inc b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/vte9/vte9.inc
index 14d1940..c191a6d 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/vte9/vte9.inc
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-gnome/vte9/vte9.inc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 BUGTRACKER = "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=vte"
 LICENSE = "LGPLv2.0"
 DEPENDS = " glib-2.0 gtk+ intltool-native gnome-common-native ncurses"
-RDEPENDS_libvte = "vte-termcap"
+RDEPENDS:libvte = "vte-termcap"
 
 # help gnomebase get the SRC_URI correct
 GNOMEBN = "vte"
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-python"
 
 PACKAGES =+ "libvte9 vte9-termcap"
-FILES_libvte9 = "${libdir}/*.so.* ${libexecdir}/gnome-pty-helper"
-FILES_vte9-termcap = "${datadir}/vte/termcap-0.0"
+FILES:libvte9 = "${libdir}/*.so.* ${libexecdir}/gnome-pty-helper"
+FILES:vte9-termcap = "${datadir}/vte/termcap-0.0"