diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/decorator/data.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/decorator/data.py
index bc4939e..3ce10e5 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/decorator/data.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/core/decorator/data.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
         Checks for feature in DISTRO_FEATURES or IMAGE_FEATURES.
     """
 
-    if (feature in td.get('DISTRO_FEATURES', '') or
-        feature in td.get('IMAGE_FEATURES', '')):
+    if (feature in td.get('DISTRO_FEATURES', '').split() or
+        feature in td.get('IMAGE_FEATURES', '').split()):
         return True
     return False
 
@@ -23,18 +23,7 @@
         Checks for MACHINE.
     """
 
-    if (machine in td.get('MACHINE', '')):
-        return True
-    return False
-
-def is_qemu(td, qemu):
-    """
-        Checks if MACHINE is qemu.
-    """
-
-    machine = td.get('MACHINE', '')
-    if (qemu in td.get('MACHINE', '') or
-    machine.startswith('qemu')):
+    if (machine == td.get('MACHINE', '')):
         return True
     return False
 
@@ -189,34 +178,19 @@
 @registerDecorator
 class skipIfNotQemu(OETestDecorator):
     """
-        Skip test based on MACHINE.
-
-        value must be a qemu MACHINE or it will skip the test
-        with msg as the reason.
+    Skip test if MACHINE is not qemu*
     """
-
-    attrs = ('value', 'msg')
-
     def setUpDecorator(self):
-        msg = ('Checking if %s is not this MACHINE' % self.value)
-        self.logger.debug(msg)
-        if not is_qemu(self.case.td, self.value):
-            self.case.skipTest(self.msg)
+        self.logger.debug("Checking if not qemu MACHINE")
+        if not self.case.td.get('MACHINE', '').startswith('qemu'):
+            self.case.skipTest('Test only runs on qemu machines')
 
 @registerDecorator
 class skipIfQemu(OETestDecorator):
     """
-        Skip test based on Qemu Machine.
-
-        value must not be a qemu machine or it will skip the test
-        with msg as the reason.
-   """
-
-    attrs = ('value', 'msg')
-
+    Skip test if MACHINE is qemu*
+    """
     def setUpDecorator(self):
-        msg = ('Checking if %s is this MACHINE' % self.value)
-        self.logger.debug(msg)
-        if is_qemu(self.case.td, self.value):
-             self.case.skipTest(self.msg)
-
+        self.logger.debug("Checking if qemu MACHINE")
+        if self.case.td.get('MACHINE', '').startswith('qemu'):
+             self.case.skipTest('Test only runs on real hardware')