diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oe/manifest.py b/poky/meta/lib/oe/manifest.py
index 47bd622..1a058dc 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oe/manifest.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oe/manifest.py
@@ -191,14 +191,8 @@
 
 def create_manifest(d, final_manifest=False, manifest_dir=None,
                     manifest_type=Manifest.MANIFEST_TYPE_IMAGE):
-    from oe.package_manager.rpm.manifest import RpmManifest
-    from oe.package_manager.ipk.manifest import OpkgManifest
-    from oe.package_manager.deb.manifest import DpkgManifest
-    manifest_map = {'rpm': RpmManifest,
-                    'ipk': OpkgManifest,
-                    'deb': DpkgManifest}
-
-    manifest = manifest_map[d.getVar('IMAGE_PKGTYPE')](d, manifest_dir, manifest_type)
+    import importlib
+    manifest = importlib.import_module('oe.package_manager.' + d.getVar('IMAGE_PKGTYPE') + '.manifest').PkgManifest(d, manifest_dir, manifest_type)
 
     if final_manifest:
         manifest.create_final()