diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
index e9d52bb..5f629c0 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
                       '/etc/group': '/etc/group should be managed through the useradd and extrausers classes',
                       '/etc/shadow': '/etc/shadow should be managed through the useradd and extrausers classes',
                       '/etc/gshadow': '/etc/gshadow should be managed through the useradd and extrausers classes',
-                      '${sysconfdir}/hostname': '${sysconfdir}/hostname contents should be set by setting hostname_pn-base-files = "value" in configuration',}
+                      '${sysconfdir}/hostname': '${sysconfdir}/hostname contents should be set by setting hostname:pn-base-files = "value" in configuration',}
 
     for pthspec, message in invalidtargets.items():
         if fnmatch.fnmatchcase(targetpath, d.expand(pthspec)):
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
                         for fullpth in dictval.keys():
                             if fnmatch.fnmatchcase(fullpth, targetpath):
                                 recipes[targetpath].append(pn)
-                    elif line.startswith('pkg_preinst_') or line.startswith('pkg_postinst_'):
+                    elif line.startswith('pkg_preinst:') or line.startswith('pkg_postinst:'):
                         scriptval = line.split(':', 1)[1].strip().encode('utf-8').decode('unicode_escape')
                         if 'update-alternatives --install %s ' % targetpath in scriptval:
                             recipes[targetpath].append('?%s' % pn)
diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
index 566c753..0ac97e0 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@
         lines_after.append('')
 
     if args.binary:
-        lines_after.append('INSANE_SKIP_${PN} += "already-stripped"')
+        lines_after.append('INSANE_SKIP:${PN} += "already-stripped"')
         lines_after.append('')
 
     if args.npm_dev:
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@
         license = ' '.join(list(set(pkglicenses.get(pkgname, ['Unknown'])))) or 'Unknown'
         if license == 'Unknown' and pkgname in fallback_licenses:
             license = fallback_licenses[pkgname]
-        outlines.append('LICENSE_%s = "%s"' % (pkgname, license))
+        outlines.append('LICENSE:%s = "%s"' % (pkgname, license))
         outlicenses[pkgname] = license.split()
     return outlicenses
 
diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_buildsys_python.py b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_buildsys_python.py
index adfa377..fdd3366 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_buildsys_python.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_buildsys_python.py
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
         'Summary': 'SUMMARY',
         'Description': 'DESCRIPTION',
         'License': 'LICENSE',
-        'Requires': 'RDEPENDS_${PN}',
-        'Provides': 'RPROVIDES_${PN}',
-        'Obsoletes': 'RREPLACES_${PN}',
+        'Requires': 'RDEPENDS:${PN}',
+        'Provides': 'RPROVIDES:${PN}',
+        'Obsoletes': 'RREPLACES:${PN}',
     }
     # PN/PV are already set by recipetool core & desc can be extremely long
     excluded_fields = [
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
                 inst_req_deps = ('python3-' + r.replace('.', '-').lower() for r in sorted(inst_reqs))
                 lines_after.append('# WARNING: the following rdepends are from setuptools install_requires. These')
                 lines_after.append('# upstream names may not correspond exactly to bitbake package names.')
-                lines_after.append('RDEPENDS_${{PN}} += "{}"'.format(' '.join(inst_req_deps)))
+                lines_after.append('RDEPENDS:${{PN}} += "{}"'.format(' '.join(inst_req_deps)))
 
         if mapped_deps:
             name = info.get('Name')
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
                 lines_after.append('')
             lines_after.append('# WARNING: the following rdepends are determined through basic analysis of the')
             lines_after.append('# python sources, and might not be 100% accurate.')
-            lines_after.append('RDEPENDS_${{PN}} += "{}"'.format(' '.join(sorted(mapped_deps))))
+            lines_after.append('RDEPENDS:${{PN}} += "{}"'.format(' '.join(sorted(mapped_deps))))
 
         unmapped_deps -= set(extensions)
         unmapped_deps -= set(self.assume_provided)
diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_kmod.py b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_kmod.py
index 85b5c48..cc00106 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_kmod.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_kmod.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
                 kdirpath, _ = check_target(compile_lines, install=False)
 
             if manual_install or not install_lines:
-                lines_after.append('EXTRA_OEMAKE_append_task-install = " -C ${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR} M=${S}"')
+                lines_after.append('EXTRA_OEMAKE:append:task-install = " -C ${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR} M=${S}"')
             elif install_target and install_target != 'modules_install':
                 lines_after.append('MODULES_INSTALL_TARGET = "install"')