diff --git a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/image.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/image.bbclass
index 21b220a..4f00162 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/image.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/image.bbclass
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK += "${PACKAGE_INSTALL}"
 TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK_ATTEMPTONLY += "${PACKAGE_INSTALL_ATTEMPTONLY}"
-POPULATE_SDK_POST_TARGET_COMMAND += "rootfs_sysroot_relativelinks; "
+POPULATE_SDK_POST_TARGET_COMMAND += "rootfs_sysroot_relativelinks"
 
 LICENSE ?= "MIT"
 PACKAGES = ""
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@
 python () {
     variables = rootfs_command_variables(d)
     for var in variables:
-        if d.getVar(var, False):
-            d.setVarFlag(var, 'func', '1')
+        d.setVarFlag(var, 'vardeps', d.getVar(var))
 }
 
 def rootfs_variables(d):
@@ -657,8 +656,8 @@
     create_merged_usr_symlinks ${SDK_OUTPUT}${SDKTARGETSYSROOT}
 }
 
-ROOTFS_PREPROCESS_COMMAND += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'usrmerge', 'create_merged_usr_symlinks_rootfs; ', '',d)}"
-POPULATE_SDK_PRE_TARGET_COMMAND += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'usrmerge', 'create_merged_usr_symlinks_sdk; ', '',d)}"
+ROOTFS_PREPROCESS_COMMAND += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'usrmerge', 'create_merged_usr_symlinks_rootfs', '',d)}"
+POPULATE_SDK_PRE_TARGET_COMMAND += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'usrmerge', 'create_merged_usr_symlinks_sdk', '',d)}"
 
 reproducible_final_image_task () {
     if [ "$REPRODUCIBLE_TIMESTAMP_ROOTFS" = "" ]; then
@@ -678,6 +677,6 @@
     fi
 }
 
-IMAGE_PREPROCESS_COMMAND:append = " ${@ 'systemd_preset_all;' if bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', True, False, d) and not bb.utils.contains('IMAGE_FEATURES', 'stateless-rootfs', True, False, d) else ''} reproducible_final_image_task; "
+IMAGE_PREPROCESS_COMMAND:append = " ${@ 'systemd_preset_all' if bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', True, False, d) and not bb.utils.contains('IMAGE_FEATURES', 'stateless-rootfs', True, False, d) else ''} reproducible_final_image_task "
 
 CVE_PRODUCT = ""