diff --git a/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
index 8f110b0..2e4f7e4 100644
--- a/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
+++ b/import-layers/yocto-poky/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 inherit update-alternatives
 DEPENDS_append = " update-rc.d-native"
-DEPENDS_append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','systemd-systemctl-native','',d)}"
+PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS_append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','systemd-systemctl-native','',d)}"
 
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-functions"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "${PN}-functions \