diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi_%.bbappend b/meta-phosphor/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi_%.bbappend
index 5d0da58..18cb48e 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-connectivity/avahi/avahi_%.bbappend
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 SRC_URI += "file://avahi-daemon-override.conf"
 
-FILES:avahi-daemon:append += "${systemd_system_unitdir}/avahi-daemon.service.d/avahi-daemon-override.conf"
+FILES:avahi-daemon:append = " ${systemd_system_unitdir}/avahi-daemon.service.d/avahi-daemon-override.conf"
 
 do_install:append() {
 
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-devtools/rsync/rsync_%.bbappend b/meta-phosphor/recipes-devtools/rsync/rsync_%.bbappend
index f4f3b42..e921c80 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-devtools/rsync/rsync_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-devtools/rsync/rsync_%.bbappend
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-EXTRA_OECONF:append:class-target += " --disable-largefile --disable-locale \
-                                      --disable-iconv --without-included-popt \
-                                      --without-included-zlib"
+EXTRA_OECONF:append:class-target = " --disable-largefile --disable-locale \
+                                     --disable-iconv --without-included-popt \
+                                     --without-included-zlib"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG = ""