diff --git a/openpower/package/hostboot-p10/hostboot-p10.mk b/openpower/package/hostboot-p10/hostboot-p10.mk
index cd8f09a..6732bef 100644
--- a/openpower/package/hostboot-p10/hostboot-p10.mk
+++ b/openpower/package/hostboot-p10/hostboot-p10.mk
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 # TODO: WORKAROUND: Need to reenable next line and comment out the two lines
 # after that, when code is propagated to a public repo
 #HOSTBOOT_P10_SITE ?= $(call github,open-power,hostboot,$(HOSTBOOT_P10_VERSION))
-HOSTBOOT_P10_SITE = git@github.ibm.com:open-power/hostboot.git
-HOSTBOOT_P10_SITE_METHOD=git
+HOSTBOOT_P10_SITE ?= git@github.ibm.com:open-power/hostboot.git
 
 HOSTBOOT_P10_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 HOSTBOOT_P10_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
diff --git a/openpower/package/occ-p10/occ-p10.mk b/openpower/package/occ-p10/occ-p10.mk
index be927fd..a4c8697 100644
--- a/openpower/package/occ-p10/occ-p10.mk
+++ b/openpower/package/occ-p10/occ-p10.mk
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 # TODO: WORKAROUND: Need to reenable next line and comment out the two lines
 # after that, when code is propagated to a public repo
 #OCC_P10_SITE ?= $(call github,open-power,occ,$(OCC_P10_VERSION))
-OCC_P10_SITE = git@github.ibm.com:open-power/occ.git
-OCC_P10_SITE_METHOD=git
+OCC_P10_SITE ?= git@github.ibm.com:open-power/occ.git
 
 OCC_P10_LICENSE = Apache-2.0