diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/skiboot/skiboot.inc b/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/skiboot/skiboot.inc
index ab455b0..51d089e 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/skiboot/skiboot.inc
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-bsp/skiboot/skiboot.inc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 SRC_URI += "git://github.com/open-power/skiboot.git"
 SRC_URI += "file://0001-libffs-fix-gcc8-stringop-truncation-warnings.patch"
 
-FILESEXTRAPATHS_append := "${THISDIR}/skiboot:"
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/skiboot:"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${S}/LICENCE;md5=3b83ef96387f14655fc854ddc3c6bd57"
 
diff --git a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager_%.bbappend b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager_%.bbappend
index e873e99..4f2ea98 100644
--- a/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-openpower/recipes-phosphor/flash/phosphor-software-manager_%.bbappend
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FILESEXTRAPATHS_append_df-openpower := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend_df-openpower := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
 
 SYSTEMD_OVERRIDE_${PN}-updater_append_df-openpower = \
     " software-bmc-updater.conf:xyz.openbmc_project.Software.BMC.Updater.service.d/software-bmc-updater.conf"