diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
index 4c4bbad..6cbf4de 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create.py
@@ -477,8 +477,6 @@
             storeTagName = params['tag']
             params['nobranch'] = '1'
             del params['tag']
-        if scheme == 'npm':
-            params['noverify'] = '1'
         fetchuri = bb.fetch2.encodeurl((scheme, network, path, user, passwd, params))
 
         tmpparent = tinfoil.config_data.getVar('BASE_WORKDIR')
@@ -714,10 +712,8 @@
         lines_after.append('INSANE_SKIP_${PN} += "already-stripped"')
         lines_after.append('')
 
-    if args.fetch_dev:
-        extravalues['fetchdev'] = True
-    else:
-        extravalues['fetchdev'] = None
+    if args.npm_dev:
+        extravalues['NPM_INSTALL_DEV'] = 1
 
     # Find all plugins that want to register handlers
     logger.debug('Loading recipe handlers')
@@ -1313,7 +1309,7 @@
     group.add_argument('-S', '--srcrev', help='Source revision to fetch if fetching from an SCM such as git (default latest)')
     parser_create.add_argument('-B', '--srcbranch', help='Branch in source repository if fetching from an SCM such as git (default master)')
     parser_create.add_argument('--keep-temp', action="store_true", help='Keep temporary directory (for debugging)')
-    parser_create.add_argument('--fetch-dev', action="store_true", help='For npm, also fetch devDependencies')
+    parser_create.add_argument('--npm-dev', action="store_true", help='For npm, also fetch devDependencies')
     parser_create.add_argument('--devtool', action="store_true", help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
     parser_create.add_argument('--mirrors', action="store_true", help='Enable PREMIRRORS and MIRRORS for source tree fetching (disabled by default).')
     parser_create.set_defaults(func=create_recipe)
diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_buildsys.py b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_buildsys.py
index 3cb0276..35a97c9 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_buildsys.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_buildsys.py
@@ -226,9 +226,9 @@
                         elif pkg == 'PkgConfig':
                             inherits.append('pkgconfig')
                         elif pkg == 'PythonInterp':
-                            inherits.append('pythonnative')
+                            inherits.append('python3native')
                         elif pkg == 'PythonLibs':
-                            inherits.append('python-dir')
+                            inherits.append('python3-dir')
                         else:
                             # Try to map via looking at installed CMake packages in pkgdata
                             dep = find_cmake_package(pkg)
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
                 }
         progclassmap = {'gconftool-2': 'gconf',
                 'pkg-config': 'pkgconfig',
-                'python': 'pythonnative',
+                'python': 'python3native',
                 'python3': 'python3native',
                 'perl': 'perlnative',
                 'makeinfo': 'texinfo',
@@ -566,16 +566,7 @@
             elif keyword == 'AX_PROG_XSLTPROC':
                 deps.append('libxslt-native')
             elif keyword in ['AC_PYTHON_DEVEL', 'AX_PYTHON_DEVEL', 'AM_PATH_PYTHON']:
-                pythonclass = 'pythonnative'
-                res = version_re.search(value)
-                if res:
-                    if res.group(1).startswith('3'):
-                        pythonclass = 'python3native'
-                # Avoid replacing python3native with pythonnative
-                if not pythonclass in inherits and not 'python3native' in inherits:
-                    if 'pythonnative' in inherits:
-                        inherits.remove('pythonnative')
-                    inherits.append(pythonclass)
+                pythonclass = 'python3native'
             elif keyword == 'AX_WITH_CURSES':
                 deps.append('ncurses')
             elif keyword == 'AX_PATH_BDB':
diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_npm.py b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_npm.py
index 39429eb..579b7ae 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_npm.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/create_npm.py
@@ -1,321 +1,255 @@
-# Recipe creation tool - node.js NPM module support plugin
-#
 # Copyright (C) 2016 Intel Corporation
+# Copyright (C) 2020 Savoir-Faire Linux
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 #
+"""Recipe creation tool - npm module support plugin"""
 
-import os
-import sys
-import logging
-import subprocess
-import tempfile
-import shutil
 import json
-from recipetool.create import RecipeHandler, split_pkg_licenses, handle_license_vars
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import bb
+from bb.fetch2.npm import NpmEnvironment
+from bb.fetch2.npmsw import foreach_dependencies
+from recipetool.create import RecipeHandler
+from recipetool.create import guess_license
+from recipetool.create import split_pkg_licenses
 
-logger = logging.getLogger('recipetool')
-
-
-tinfoil = None
+TINFOIL = None
 
 def tinfoil_init(instance):
-    global tinfoil
-    tinfoil = instance
-
+    """Initialize tinfoil"""
+    global TINFOIL
+    TINFOIL = instance
 
 class NpmRecipeHandler(RecipeHandler):
-    lockdownpath = None
+    """Class to handle the npm recipe creation"""
 
-    def _ensure_npm(self, fixed_setup=False):
-        if not tinfoil.recipes_parsed:
-            tinfoil.parse_recipes()
+    @staticmethod
+    def _npm_name(name):
+        """Generate a Yocto friendly npm name"""
+        name = re.sub("/", "-", name)
+        name = name.lower()
+        name = re.sub(r"[^\-a-z0-9]", "", name)
+        name = name.strip("-")
+        return name
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_registry(lines):
+        """Get the registry value from the 'npm://registry' url"""
+        registry = None
+
+        def _handle_registry(varname, origvalue, op, newlines):
+            nonlocal registry
+            if origvalue.startswith("npm://"):
+                registry = re.sub(r"^npm://", "http://", origvalue.split(";")[0])
+            return origvalue, None, 0, True
+
+        bb.utils.edit_metadata(lines, ["SRC_URI"], _handle_registry)
+
+        return registry
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _ensure_npm():
+        """Check if the 'npm' command is available in the recipes"""
+        if not TINFOIL.recipes_parsed:
+            TINFOIL.parse_recipes()
+
         try:
-            rd = tinfoil.parse_recipe('nodejs-native')
+            d = TINFOIL.parse_recipe("nodejs-native")
         except bb.providers.NoProvider:
-            if fixed_setup:
-                msg = 'nodejs-native is required for npm but is not available within this SDK'
-            else:
-                msg = 'nodejs-native is required for npm but is not available - you will likely need to add a layer that provides nodejs'
-            logger.error(msg)
-            return None
-        bindir = rd.getVar('STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE')
-        npmpath = os.path.join(bindir, 'npm')
+            bb.error("Nothing provides 'nodejs-native' which is required for the build")
+            bb.note("You will likely need to add a layer that provides nodejs")
+            sys.exit(14)
+
+        bindir = d.getVar("STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE")
+        npmpath = os.path.join(bindir, "npm")
+
         if not os.path.exists(npmpath):
-            tinfoil.build_targets('nodejs-native', 'addto_recipe_sysroot')
+            TINFOIL.build_targets("nodejs-native", "addto_recipe_sysroot")
+
             if not os.path.exists(npmpath):
-                logger.error('npm required to process specified source, but nodejs-native did not seem to populate it')
-                return None
+                bb.error("Failed to add 'npm' to sysroot")
+                sys.exit(14)
+
         return bindir
 
-    def _handle_license(self, data):
-        '''
-        Handle the license value from an npm package.json file
-        '''
-        license = None
-        if 'license' in data:
-            license = data['license']
-            if isinstance(license, dict):
-                license = license.get('type', None)
-            if license:
-                if 'OR' in license:
-                    license = license.replace('OR', '|')
-                    license = license.replace('AND', '&')
-                    license = license.replace(' ', '_')
-                    if not license[0] == '(':
-                        license = '(' + license + ')'
-                else:
-                    license = license.replace('AND', '&')
-                    if license[0] == '(':
-                        license = license[1:]
-                    if license[-1] == ')':
-                        license = license[:-1]
-                license = license.replace('MIT/X11', 'MIT')
-                license = license.replace('Public Domain', 'PD')
-                license = license.replace('SEE LICENSE IN EULA',
-                                          'SEE-LICENSE-IN-EULA')
-        return license
+    @staticmethod
+    def _npm_global_configs(dev):
+        """Get the npm global configuration"""
+        configs = []
 
-    def _shrinkwrap(self, srctree, localfilesdir, extravalues, lines_before, d):
-        try:
-            runenv = dict(os.environ, PATH=d.getVar('PATH'))
-            bb.process.run('npm shrinkwrap', cwd=srctree, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, env=runenv, shell=True)
-        except bb.process.ExecutionError as e:
-            logger.warning('npm shrinkwrap failed:\n%s' % e.stdout)
-            return
+        if dev:
+            configs.append(("also", "development"))
+        else:
+            configs.append(("only", "production"))
 
-        tmpfile = os.path.join(localfilesdir, 'npm-shrinkwrap.json')
-        shutil.move(os.path.join(srctree, 'npm-shrinkwrap.json'), tmpfile)
-        extravalues.setdefault('extrafiles', {})
-        extravalues['extrafiles']['npm-shrinkwrap.json'] = tmpfile
-        lines_before.append('NPM_SHRINKWRAP := "${THISDIR}/${PN}/npm-shrinkwrap.json"')
+        configs.append(("save", "false"))
+        configs.append(("package-lock", "false"))
+        configs.append(("shrinkwrap", "false"))
+        return configs
 
-    def _lockdown(self, srctree, localfilesdir, extravalues, lines_before, d):
-        runenv = dict(os.environ, PATH=d.getVar('PATH'))
-        if not NpmRecipeHandler.lockdownpath:
-            NpmRecipeHandler.lockdownpath = tempfile.mkdtemp('recipetool-npm-lockdown')
-            bb.process.run('npm install lockdown --prefix %s' % NpmRecipeHandler.lockdownpath,
-                           cwd=srctree, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, env=runenv, shell=True)
-        relockbin = os.path.join(NpmRecipeHandler.lockdownpath, 'node_modules', 'lockdown', 'relock.js')
-        if not os.path.exists(relockbin):
-            logger.warning('Could not find relock.js within lockdown directory; skipping lockdown')
-            return
-        try:
-            bb.process.run('node %s' % relockbin, cwd=srctree, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, env=runenv, shell=True)
-        except bb.process.ExecutionError as e:
-            logger.warning('lockdown-relock failed:\n%s' % e.stdout)
-            return
+    def _run_npm_install(self, d, srctree, registry, dev):
+        """Run the 'npm install' command without building the addons"""
+        configs = self._npm_global_configs(dev)
+        configs.append(("ignore-scripts", "true"))
 
-        tmpfile = os.path.join(localfilesdir, 'lockdown.json')
-        shutil.move(os.path.join(srctree, 'lockdown.json'), tmpfile)
-        extravalues.setdefault('extrafiles', {})
-        extravalues['extrafiles']['lockdown.json'] = tmpfile
-        lines_before.append('NPM_LOCKDOWN := "${THISDIR}/${PN}/lockdown.json"')
+        if registry:
+            configs.append(("registry", registry))
 
-    def _handle_dependencies(self, d, deps, optdeps, devdeps, lines_before, srctree):
-        import scriptutils
-        # If this isn't a single module we need to get the dependencies
-        # and add them to SRC_URI
-        def varfunc(varname, origvalue, op, newlines):
-            if varname == 'SRC_URI':
-                if not origvalue.startswith('npm://'):
-                    src_uri = origvalue.split()
-                    deplist = {}
-                    for dep, depver in optdeps.items():
-                        depdata = self.get_npm_data(dep, depver, d)
-                        if self.check_npm_optional_dependency(depdata):
-                            deplist[dep] = depdata
-                    for dep, depver in devdeps.items():
-                        depdata = self.get_npm_data(dep, depver, d)
-                        if self.check_npm_optional_dependency(depdata):
-                            deplist[dep] = depdata
-                    for dep, depver in deps.items():
-                        depdata = self.get_npm_data(dep, depver, d)
-                        deplist[dep] = depdata
+        bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(srctree, "node_modules"), recurse=True)
 
-                    extra_urls = []
-                    for dep, depdata in deplist.items():
-                        version = depdata.get('version', None)
-                        if version:
-                            url = 'npm://registry.npmjs.org;name=%s;version=%s;subdir=node_modules/%s' % (dep, version, dep)
-                            extra_urls.append(url)
-                    if extra_urls:
-                        scriptutils.fetch_url(tinfoil, ' '.join(extra_urls), None, srctree, logger)
-                        src_uri.extend(extra_urls)
-                        return src_uri, None, -1, True
-            return origvalue, None, 0, True
-        updated, newlines = bb.utils.edit_metadata(lines_before, ['SRC_URI'], varfunc)
-        if updated:
-            del lines_before[:]
-            for line in newlines:
-                # Hack to avoid newlines that edit_metadata inserts
-                if line.endswith('\n'):
-                    line = line[:-1]
-                lines_before.append(line)
-        return updated
+        env = NpmEnvironment(d, configs=configs)
+        env.run("npm install", workdir=srctree)
+
+    def _generate_shrinkwrap(self, d, srctree, dev):
+        """Check and generate the 'npm-shrinkwrap.json' file if needed"""
+        configs = self._npm_global_configs(dev)
+
+        env = NpmEnvironment(d, configs=configs)
+        env.run("npm shrinkwrap", workdir=srctree)
+
+        return os.path.join(srctree, "npm-shrinkwrap.json")
+
+    def _handle_licenses(self, srctree, shrinkwrap_file, dev):
+        """Return the extra license files and the list of packages"""
+        licfiles = []
+        packages = {}
+
+        def _licfiles_append(licfile):
+            """Append 'licfile' to the license files list"""
+            licfilepath = os.path.join(srctree, licfile)
+            licmd5 = bb.utils.md5_file(licfilepath)
+            licfiles.append("file://%s;md5=%s" % (licfile, licmd5))
+
+        # Handle the parent package
+        _licfiles_append("package.json")
+        packages["${PN}"] = ""
+
+        # Handle the dependencies
+        def _handle_dependency(name, params, deptree):
+            suffix = "-".join([self._npm_name(dep) for dep in deptree])
+            destdirs = [os.path.join("node_modules", dep) for dep in deptree]
+            destdir = os.path.join(*destdirs)
+            _licfiles_append(os.path.join(destdir, "package.json"))
+            packages["${PN}-" + suffix] = destdir
+
+        with open(shrinkwrap_file, "r") as f:
+            shrinkwrap = json.load(f)
+
+        foreach_dependencies(shrinkwrap, _handle_dependency, dev)
+
+        return licfiles, packages
 
     def process(self, srctree, classes, lines_before, lines_after, handled, extravalues):
-        import bb.utils
-        import oe.package
-        from collections import OrderedDict
+        """Handle the npm recipe creation"""
 
-        if 'buildsystem' in handled:
+        if "buildsystem" in handled:
             return False
 
-        def read_package_json(fn):
-            with open(fn, 'r', errors='surrogateescape') as f:
-                return json.loads(f.read())
+        files = RecipeHandler.checkfiles(srctree, ["package.json"])
 
-        files = RecipeHandler.checkfiles(srctree, ['package.json'])
-        if files:
-            d = bb.data.createCopy(tinfoil.config_data)
-            npm_bindir = self._ensure_npm()
-            if not npm_bindir:
-                sys.exit(14)
-            d.prependVar('PATH', '%s:' % npm_bindir)
+        if not files:
+            return False
 
-            data = read_package_json(files[0])
-            if 'name' in data and 'version' in data:
-                extravalues['PN'] = data['name']
-                extravalues['PV'] = data['version']
-                classes.append('npm')
-                handled.append('buildsystem')
-                if 'description' in data:
-                    extravalues['SUMMARY'] = data['description']
-                if 'homepage' in data:
-                    extravalues['HOMEPAGE'] = data['homepage']
+        with open(files[0], "r") as f:
+            data = json.load(f)
 
-                fetchdev = extravalues['fetchdev'] or None
-                deps, optdeps, devdeps = self.get_npm_package_dependencies(data, fetchdev)
-                self._handle_dependencies(d, deps, optdeps, devdeps, lines_before, srctree)
+        if "name" not in data or "version" not in data:
+            return False
 
-                # Shrinkwrap
-                localfilesdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='recipetool-npm')
-                self._shrinkwrap(srctree, localfilesdir, extravalues, lines_before, d)
+        extravalues["PN"] = self._npm_name(data["name"])
+        extravalues["PV"] = data["version"]
 
-                # Lockdown
-                self._lockdown(srctree, localfilesdir, extravalues, lines_before, d)
+        if "description" in data:
+            extravalues["SUMMARY"] = data["description"]
 
-                # Split each npm module out to is own package
-                npmpackages = oe.package.npm_split_package_dirs(srctree)
-                licvalues = None
-                for item in handled:
-                    if isinstance(item, tuple):
-                        if item[0] == 'license':
-                            licvalues = item[1]
-                            break
-                if not licvalues:
-                    licvalues = handle_license_vars(srctree, lines_before, handled, extravalues, d)
-                if licvalues:
-                    # Augment the license list with information we have in the packages
-                    licenses = {}
-                    license = self._handle_license(data)
-                    if license:
-                        licenses['${PN}'] = license
-                    for pkgname, pkgitem in npmpackages.items():
-                        _, pdata = pkgitem
-                        license = self._handle_license(pdata)
-                        if license:
-                            licenses[pkgname] = license
-                    # Now write out the package-specific license values
-                    # We need to strip out the json data dicts for this since split_pkg_licenses
-                    # isn't expecting it
-                    packages = OrderedDict((x,y[0]) for x,y in npmpackages.items())
-                    packages['${PN}'] = ''
-                    pkglicenses = split_pkg_licenses(licvalues, packages, lines_after, licenses)
-                    all_licenses = list(set([item.replace('_', ' ') for pkglicense in pkglicenses.values() for item in pkglicense]))
-                    if '&' in all_licenses:
-                        all_licenses.remove('&')
-                    extravalues['LICENSE'] = ' & '.join(all_licenses)
+        if "homepage" in data:
+            extravalues["HOMEPAGE"] = data["homepage"]
 
-                # Need to move S setting after inherit npm
-                for i, line in enumerate(lines_before):
-                    if line.startswith('S ='):
-                        lines_before.pop(i)
-                        lines_after.insert(0, '# Must be set after inherit npm since that itself sets S')
-                        lines_after.insert(1, line)
-                        break
+        dev = bb.utils.to_boolean(str(extravalues.get("NPM_INSTALL_DEV", "0")), False)
+        registry = self._get_registry(lines_before)
 
-                return True
+        bb.note("Checking if npm is available ...")
+        # The native npm is used here (and not the host one) to ensure that the
+        # npm version is high enough to ensure an efficient dependency tree
+        # resolution and avoid issue with the shrinkwrap file format.
+        # Moreover the native npm is mandatory for the build.
+        bindir = self._ensure_npm()
 
-        return False
+        d = bb.data.createCopy(TINFOIL.config_data)
+        d.prependVar("PATH", bindir + ":")
+        d.setVar("S", srctree)
 
-    # FIXME this is duplicated from lib/bb/fetch2/npm.py
-    def _parse_view(self, output):
-        '''
-        Parse the output of npm view --json; the last JSON result
-        is assumed to be the one that we're interested in.
-        '''
-        pdata = None
-        outdeps = {}
-        datalines = []
-        bracelevel = 0
-        for line in output.splitlines():
-            if bracelevel:
-                datalines.append(line)
-            elif '{' in line:
-                datalines = []
-                datalines.append(line)
-            bracelevel = bracelevel + line.count('{') - line.count('}')
-        if datalines:
-            pdata = json.loads('\n'.join(datalines))
-        return pdata
+        bb.note("Generating shrinkwrap file ...")
+        # To generate the shrinkwrap file the dependencies have to be installed
+        # first. During the generation process some files may be updated /
+        # deleted. By default devtool tracks the diffs in the srctree and raises
+        # errors when finishing the recipe if some diffs are found.
+        git_exclude_file = os.path.join(srctree, ".git", "info", "exclude")
+        if os.path.exists(git_exclude_file):
+            with open(git_exclude_file, "r+") as f:
+                lines = f.readlines()
+                for line in ["/node_modules/", "/npm-shrinkwrap.json"]:
+                    if line not in lines:
+                        f.write(line + "\n")
 
-    # FIXME this is effectively duplicated from lib/bb/fetch2/npm.py
-    # (split out from _getdependencies())
-    def get_npm_data(self, pkg, version, d):
-        import bb.fetch2
-        pkgfullname = pkg
-        if version != '*' and not '/' in version:
-            pkgfullname += "@'%s'" % version
-        logger.debug(2, "Calling getdeps on %s" % pkg)
-        runenv = dict(os.environ, PATH=d.getVar('PATH'))
-        fetchcmd = "npm view %s --json" % pkgfullname
-        output, _ = bb.process.run(fetchcmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, env=runenv, shell=True)
-        data = self._parse_view(output)
-        return data
+        lock_file = os.path.join(srctree, "package-lock.json")
+        lock_copy = lock_file + ".copy"
+        if os.path.exists(lock_file):
+            bb.utils.copyfile(lock_file, lock_copy)
 
-    # FIXME this is effectively duplicated from lib/bb/fetch2/npm.py
-    # (split out from _getdependencies())
-    def get_npm_package_dependencies(self, pdata, fetchdev):
-        dependencies = pdata.get('dependencies', {})
-        optionalDependencies = pdata.get('optionalDependencies', {})
-        dependencies.update(optionalDependencies)
-        if fetchdev:
-            devDependencies = pdata.get('devDependencies', {})
-            dependencies.update(devDependencies)
-        else:
-            devDependencies = {}
-        depsfound = {}
-        optdepsfound = {}
-        devdepsfound = {}
-        for dep in dependencies:
-            if dep in optionalDependencies:
-                optdepsfound[dep] = dependencies[dep]
-            elif dep in devDependencies:
-                devdepsfound[dep] = dependencies[dep]
-            else:
-                depsfound[dep] = dependencies[dep]
-        return depsfound, optdepsfound, devdepsfound
+        self._run_npm_install(d, srctree, registry, dev)
+        shrinkwrap_file = self._generate_shrinkwrap(d, srctree, dev)
 
-    # FIXME this is effectively duplicated from lib/bb/fetch2/npm.py
-    # (split out from _getdependencies())
-    def check_npm_optional_dependency(self, pdata):
-        pkg_os = pdata.get('os', None)
-        if pkg_os:
-            if not isinstance(pkg_os, list):
-                pkg_os = [pkg_os]
-            blacklist = False
-            for item in pkg_os:
-                if item.startswith('!'):
-                    blacklist = True
-                    break
-            if (not blacklist and 'linux' not in pkg_os) or '!linux' in pkg_os:
-                pkg = pdata.get('name', 'Unnamed package')
-                logger.debug(2, "Skipping %s since it's incompatible with Linux" % pkg)
-                return False
+        if os.path.exists(lock_copy):
+            bb.utils.movefile(lock_copy, lock_file)
+
+        # Add the shrinkwrap file as 'extrafiles'
+        shrinkwrap_copy = shrinkwrap_file + ".copy"
+        bb.utils.copyfile(shrinkwrap_file, shrinkwrap_copy)
+        extravalues.setdefault("extrafiles", {})
+        extravalues["extrafiles"]["npm-shrinkwrap.json"] = shrinkwrap_copy
+
+        url_local = "npmsw://%s" % shrinkwrap_file
+        url_recipe= "npmsw://${THISDIR}/${BPN}/npm-shrinkwrap.json"
+
+        if dev:
+            url_local += ";dev=1"
+            url_recipe += ";dev=1"
+
+        # Add the npmsw url in the SRC_URI of the generated recipe
+        def _handle_srcuri(varname, origvalue, op, newlines):
+            """Update the version value and add the 'npmsw://' url"""
+            value = origvalue.replace("version=" + data["version"], "version=${PV}")
+            value = value.replace("version=latest", "version=${PV}")
+            values = [line.strip() for line in value.strip('\n').splitlines()]
+            values.append(url_recipe)
+            return values, None, 4, False
+
+        (_, newlines) = bb.utils.edit_metadata(lines_before, ["SRC_URI"], _handle_srcuri)
+        lines_before[:] = [line.rstrip('\n') for line in newlines]
+
+        # In order to generate correct licence checksums in the recipe the
+        # dependencies have to be fetched again using the npmsw url
+        bb.note("Fetching npm dependencies ...")
+        bb.utils.remove(os.path.join(srctree, "node_modules"), recurse=True)
+        fetcher = bb.fetch2.Fetch([url_local], d)
+        fetcher.download()
+        fetcher.unpack(srctree)
+
+        bb.note("Handling licences ...")
+        (licfiles, packages) = self._handle_licenses(srctree, shrinkwrap_file, dev)
+        extravalues["LIC_FILES_CHKSUM"] = licfiles
+        split_pkg_licenses(guess_license(srctree, d), packages, lines_after, [])
+
+        classes.append("npm")
+        handled.append("buildsystem")
+
         return True
 
-
 def register_recipe_handlers(handlers):
+    """Register the npm handler"""
     handlers.append((NpmRecipeHandler(), 60))