diff --git a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs-postcommands.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs-postcommands.bbclass
index 29ee749..163c7f4 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs-postcommands.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/rootfs-postcommands.bbclass
@@ -55,19 +55,14 @@
 # deterministic. Package installs are not deterministic, causing the ordering
 # of entries to change between builds. In case that this isn't desired,
 # the command can be overridden.
+SORT_PASSWD_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND ??= "tidy_shadowutils_files"
+ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += '${SORT_PASSWD_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND}'
+
 #
 # Note that useradd-staticids.bbclass has to be used to ensure that
 # the numeric IDs of dynamically created entries remain stable.
 #
-# We want this to run as late as possible, in particular after
-# systemd_sysusers_create and set_user_group. Using :append is not
-# enough for that, set_user_group is added that way and would end
-# up running after us.
-SORT_PASSWD_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND ??= "tidy_shadowutils_files"
-python () {
-    d.appendVar('ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND', ' ${SORT_PASSWD_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND}')
-    d.appendVar('ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND', ' rootfs_reproducible')
-}
+ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += 'rootfs_reproducible'
 
 # Resolve the ID as described in the sysusers.d(5) manual: ID can be a numeric
 # uid, a couple uid:gid or uid:groupname or it is '-' meaning leaving it