diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/classes/thunar-plugin.bbclass b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/classes/thunar-plugin.bbclass
index 854d96b..423f337 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/classes/thunar-plugin.bbclass
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/classes/thunar-plugin.bbclass
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 
 SRC_URI = "http://archive.xfce.org/src/thunar-plugins/${BPN}/${@'${PV}'[0:3]}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.bz2"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/thunarx-3/*.so"
+FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/thunarx-3/*.so"
 
-FILES_${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/thunarx-3/*.la"
+FILES:${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/thunarx-3/*.la"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/classes/xfce-git.bbclass b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/classes/xfce-git.bbclass
index 3fc18d2..d301dcb 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/classes/xfce-git.bbclass
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/classes/xfce-git.bbclass
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-do_configure_prepend() {
+do_configure:prepend() {
        cd ${S}
        NOCONFIGURE=yes ./autogen.sh
        cd ${B}
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/classes/xfce-panel-plugin.bbclass b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/classes/xfce-panel-plugin.bbclass
index 594d40d..b43f9e3 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/classes/xfce-panel-plugin.bbclass
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/classes/xfce-panel-plugin.bbclass
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
 SRC_URI = "http://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/${BPN}/${@xfce_verdir("${PV}")}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.bz2"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/xfce4/panel-plugins/"
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/"
-FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/xfce4/panel-plugins/*.so"
-FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/*.so"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/xfce4/panel-plugins/"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/"
+FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/xfce4/panel-plugins/*.so"
+FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/*.so"
 
-FILES_${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/*.la"
+FILES:${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/*.la"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/classes/xfce.bbclass b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/classes/xfce.bbclass
index 7abe46f..7cd8067 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/classes/xfce.bbclass
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/classes/xfce.bbclass
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
 
 DEPENDS += "intltool-native"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/icons/* ${datadir}/applications/* ${libdir}/xfce4/modules/*.so*"
-FILES_${PN}-doc += "${datadir}/xfce4/doc"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/icons/* ${datadir}/applications/* ${libdir}/xfce4/modules/*.so*"
+FILES:${PN}-doc += "${datadir}/xfce4/doc"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/conf/layer.conf b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/conf/layer.conf
index b1240b0..81e7dc5 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/conf/layer.conf
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 LAYERDEPENDS_xfce-layer += "meta-python"
 LAYERDEPENDS_xfce-layer += "networking-layer"
 
-LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_xfce-layer = " hardknott"
+LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_xfce-layer = "honister"
 
 SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS += "\
   openzone->gdk-pixbuf \
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/catfish/catfish_4.16.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/catfish/catfish_4.16.0.bb
index 44a0524..8fbe01d 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/catfish/catfish_4.16.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/catfish/catfish_4.16.0.bb
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1f6facee57a659af560f06024ca6f98aa4d638bf57a8bcfb613b4dc70fcc3b47"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/metainfo"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/metainfo"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += "python3-pygobject python3-dbus"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "python3-pygobject python3-dbus"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/menulibre/menulibre_2.2.1.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/menulibre/menulibre_2.2.1.bb
index f1d9c04..bb75e45 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/menulibre/menulibre_2.2.1.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/menulibre/menulibre_2.2.1.bb
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@
 do_compile() {
 }
 
-do_install_append() {
+do_install:append() {
     sed -i 's:${D}::g' ${D}${datadir}/applications/menulibre.desktop
     sed -i 's:share/share:share:g' ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/menulibre_lib/menulibreconfig.py
 }
 
-FILES_${PN} += " \
+FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${datadir}/applications \
     ${datadir}/menulibre \
     ${datadir}/icons \
 "
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += " \
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
     gtk+3 \
     gtksourceview3 \
     python3-pygobject \
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/mousepad/mousepad_0.5.5.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/mousepad/mousepad_0.5.5.bb
index a93ff55..bab5642 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/mousepad/mousepad_0.5.5.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/mousepad/mousepad_0.5.5.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[spell] = "--enable-plugin-gspell,--disable-plugin-gspell,gspell"
 
-FILES_${PN} += " \
+FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${datadir}/glib-2.0/schemas \
     ${datadir}/metainfo \
     ${datadir}/polkit-1 \
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/orage/orage_4.12.1.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/orage/orage_4.12.1.bb
index ae81802..8277705 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/orage/orage_4.12.1.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/orage/orage_4.12.1.bb
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG[notify] = "--enable-libnotify,--disable-libnotify,libnotify"
 
 PACKAGES =+ "xfce4-orageclock-plugin"
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/dbus-1"
-FILES_xfce4-orageclock-plugin = "${libdir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/*.so ${datadir}/xfce4/panel/plugins"
-FILES_${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/*.la"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/dbus-1"
+FILES:xfce4-orageclock-plugin = "${libdir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/*.so ${datadir}/xfce4/panel/plugins"
+FILES:${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/*.la"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/ristretto/ristretto_0.11.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/ristretto/ristretto_0.11.0.bb
index e611ddd..15717b9 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/ristretto/ristretto_0.11.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/ristretto/ristretto_0.11.0.bb
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 inherit xfce-app mime-xdg
 
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "tumbler"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} += "tumbler"
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "877e30d412c8cbfa9706f4ac0cab1a478f5829beafb773addc7722ca0cb78823"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/metainfo"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/metainfo"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xarchiver/xarchiver_git.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xarchiver/xarchiver_git.bb
index 64582f2..2d4ae7f 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xarchiver/xarchiver_git.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xarchiver/xarchiver_git.bb
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
     --disable-doc \
 "
 
-do_configure_prepend() {
+do_configure:prepend() {
      touch ${S}/NEWS ${S}/AUTHORS
 }
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/thunar-archive-plugin"
+FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/thunar-archive-plugin"
 
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "lzop zip tar bzip2 unzip xz p7zip"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} = "lzop zip tar bzip2 unzip xz p7zip"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-datetime-setter/xfce4-datetime-setter_3.32.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-datetime-setter/xfce4-datetime-setter_3.32.2.bb
index 2dd3f01..35f5419 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-datetime-setter/xfce4-datetime-setter_3.32.2.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-datetime-setter/xfce4-datetime-setter_3.32.2.bb
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "systemd x11"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/icons/hicolor"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/icons/hicolor"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "tzdata"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "tzdata"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-notifyd/xfce4-notifyd_0.6.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-notifyd/xfce4-notifyd_0.6.2.bb
index 5476b20..a145295 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-notifyd/xfce4-notifyd_0.6.2.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-notifyd/xfce4-notifyd_0.6.2.bb
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 # org.freedesktop.Notifications
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-dbus-start-daemon"
 
-do_compile_prepend() {
+do_compile:prepend() {
     mkdir -p xfce4-notifyd xfce4-notifyd-config
 }
 
-FILES_${PN} += " \
+FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${systemd_user_unitdir} \
     ${datadir}/xfce4 \
     ${datadir}/themes \
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-panel-profiles/xfce4-panel-profiles_1.0.13.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-panel-profiles/xfce4-panel-profiles_1.0.13.bb
index bb9e50e..d5b0cf0 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-panel-profiles/xfce4-panel-profiles_1.0.13.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-panel-profiles/xfce4-panel-profiles_1.0.13.bb
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
     sed -i 's:${PYTHON}:python3:g' ${D}${bindir}/xfce4-panel-profiles
 }
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/metainfo"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/metainfo"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += "python3-pygobject python3-pexpect"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "python3-pygobject python3-pexpect"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screensaver/xfce4-screensaver_4.16.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screensaver/xfce4-screensaver_4.16.0.bb
index d4ea43c..a770ff7 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screensaver/xfce4-screensaver_4.16.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screensaver/xfce4-screensaver_4.16.0.bb
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
 
 inherit xfce-app
 
-SRC_URI_append = " file://fix-cross-compile.patch"
+SRC_URI:append = " file://fix-cross-compile.patch"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "6d4d143e3e62db679ce83ce7da97903390773ee0a8ceb05ff4c3dac36616268d"
 
-do_install_append() {
+do_install:append() {
     install -D -m 0644 ${S}/data/xfce4-screensaver.common-auth ${D}${sysconfdir}/pam.d/xfce4-screensaver
 }
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/dbus-1 ${datadir}/desktop-directories"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/dbus-1 ${datadir}/desktop-directories"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += "python3-core"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "python3-core"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screenshooter/xfce4-screenshooter_1.9.9.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screenshooter/xfce4-screenshooter_1.9.9.bb
index 722dd29..2518435 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screenshooter/xfce4-screenshooter_1.9.9.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-screenshooter/xfce4-screenshooter_1.9.9.bb
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "33c8aeb53fbdb82dbd7d40bca77a8affbb4116ba0993cd59474b554558e5daa4"
 
-do_compile_prepend() {
+do_compile:prepend() {
     mkdir -p lib
     mkdir -p src panel-plugin
 }
 
-FILES_${PN} += " \
+FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${datadir}/metainfo \
     ${datadir}/xfce4/panel/plugins \
     ${libdir}/xfce4/panel/plugins \
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-terminal/xfce4-terminal_0.8.10.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-terminal/xfce4-terminal_0.8.10.bb
index 783d386..7e7c4bb 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-terminal/xfce4-terminal_0.8.10.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-apps/xfce4-terminal/xfce4-terminal_0.8.10.bb
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 
 inherit xfce-app
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/xfce4 \
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/xfce4 \
                 ${datadir}/gnome-control-center"
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "7a3337c198e01262a0412384823185753ac8a0345be1d6776a7e9bbbcbf33dc7"
 
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "vte-prompt"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} += "vte-prompt"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-art/cursor-themes/openzone_1.2.3.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-art/cursor-themes/openzone_1.2.3.bb
index 5ff4856..dc62a1c 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-art/cursor-themes/openzone_1.2.3.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-art/cursor-themes/openzone_1.2.3.bb
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
     done
 }
 
-python populate_packages_prepend () {
+python populate_packages:prepend () {
     icondir = bb.data.expand('${datadir}/icons', d)
     do_split_packages(d, icondir, '^(.*)', '%s', 'Open Zone cursors %s', allow_dirs=True)
 }
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/icons"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/icons"
 
 PACKAGES_DYNAMIC += "^openzone-.*"
-ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN} = "1"
+ALLOW_EMPTY:${PN} = "1"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-art/rodent-icon-theme/rodent-icon-theme_5.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-art/rodent-icon-theme/rodent-icon-theme_5.0.bb
index 40ba340..78dd5b8 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-art/rodent-icon-theme/rodent-icon-theme_5.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-art/rodent-icon-theme/rodent-icon-theme_5.0.bb
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "4b097d344a160d6497c6498985c8df15"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "6ed00d16faa1f55b3bb7b13862de1d7f5cfd978b93e42487ded21595d0dbe208"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/icons"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/icons"
 
-RREPLACES_${PN} += "xfce4-icon-theme"
-RPROVIDES_${PN} += "xfce4-icon-theme"
-RCONFLICTS_${PN} += "xfce4-icon-theme"
+RREPLACES:${PN} += "xfce4-icon-theme"
+RPROVIDES:${PN} += "xfce4-icon-theme"
+RCONFLICTS:${PN} += "xfce4-icon-theme"
 
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-art/xfce-dusk-gtk3/xfce-dusk-gtk3_1.3.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-art/xfce-dusk-gtk3/xfce-dusk-gtk3_1.3.bb
index 89dab49..46302bf 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-art/xfce-dusk-gtk3/xfce-dusk-gtk3_1.3.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-art/xfce-dusk-gtk3/xfce-dusk-gtk3_1.3.bb
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
     cp -r Xfce-dusk-gtk3 ${D}${datadir}/themes/Xfce-dusk-gtk3
 }
 
-FILES_${PN} = "${datadir}/themes"
+FILES:${PN} = "${datadir}/themes"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-art/xfwm4-themes/xfwm4-themes_4.10.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-art/xfwm4-themes/xfwm4-themes_4.10.0.bb
index 7030f7a..4c2e99a 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-art/xfwm4-themes/xfwm4-themes_4.10.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-art/xfwm4-themes/xfwm4-themes_4.10.0.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 # using xfwm4-theme as in xfwm4 might cause warnings of packages supplied by
 # multiple providers. So we use xfwm4-old-theme here.
-python populate_packages_prepend () {
+python populate_packages:prepend () {
     themedir = d.expand('${datadir}/themes')
     do_split_packages(d, themedir, '^(.*)', 'xfwm4-old-theme-%s', 'XFWM4 theme %s', allow_dirs=True)
 }
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-bindings/vala/xfce4-vala_4.10.3.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-bindings/vala/xfce4-vala_4.10.3.bb
index 2f5d820..e4a845c 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-bindings/vala/xfce4-vala_4.10.3.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-bindings/vala/xfce4-vala_4.10.3.bb
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "0bbb1d6e473e0fe9b335b7b1b49d8a71"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "07a8f2b7c09fcdd3d86e0c52adea3c58ca011d0142a93997a01b4af77260ae7b"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/vala-*/vapi"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/vala-*/vapi"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "vala"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "vala"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-extended/imsettings/imsettings_1.8.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-extended/imsettings/imsettings_1.8.2.bb
index bb7ff42..bc7d1bc 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-extended/imsettings/imsettings_1.8.2.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-extended/imsettings/imsettings_1.8.2.bb
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG[xfce] = ",,xfconf"
 PACKAGECONFIG[xim] = ",,libgxim"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += "bash"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "bash"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/dbus-1/*"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/dbus-1/*"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-multimedia/packagegroups/packagegroup-xfce-multimedia.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-multimedia/packagegroups/packagegroup-xfce-multimedia.bb
index c30c799..f925864 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-multimedia/packagegroups/packagegroup-xfce-multimedia.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-multimedia/packagegroups/packagegroup-xfce-multimedia.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # that wants mpd which does
 LICENSE_FLAGS = "commercial"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = " \
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = " \
     parole \
     xfmpc \
     xfce4-mpc-plugin \
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-multimedia/parole/parole_4.16.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-multimedia/parole/parole_4.16.0.bb
index 136e3ba..0b38f6d 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-multimedia/parole/parole_4.16.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-multimedia/parole/parole_4.16.0.bb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "0d305ad8ccd3974d6b632f74325b1b8a39304c905c6b405b70f52c4cfd55a7e7"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += "gstreamer1.0-plugins-good"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "gstreamer1.0-plugins-good"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-gtk-doc"
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG[clutter] = "--enable-clutter, --disable-clutter, clutter"
 PACKAGECONFIG[notify] = "--enable-notify-plugin, --disable-notify-plugin, libnotify"
 
-FILES_${PN} += " \
+FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${datadir}/metainfo \
     ${libdir}/parole-0/*.so \
 "
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-multimedia/xfce4-mpc-plugin/xfce4-mpc-plugin_0.5.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-multimedia/xfce4-mpc-plugin/xfce4-mpc-plugin_0.5.2.bb
index 9d031dd..4e3c1d1 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-multimedia/xfce4-mpc-plugin/xfce4-mpc-plugin_0.5.2.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-multimedia/xfce4-mpc-plugin/xfce4-mpc-plugin_0.5.2.bb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 LICENSE_FLAGS = "commercial"
 
 # for now we recommend our own mpd-server
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "mpd"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} = "mpd"
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "26a1e8658df2b51967dc2250e23f467d"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "eefe78b7b6b95312b3a52814b7f632dc92970c1b3e9535de616315749bf67760"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-multimedia/xfmpc/xfmpc_0.3.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-multimedia/xfmpc/xfmpc_0.3.0.bb
index 0f5ed89..8384a5a 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-multimedia/xfmpc/xfmpc_0.3.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-multimedia/xfmpc/xfmpc_0.3.0.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 LICENSE_FLAGS = "commercial"
 
 # for now we recommend our own mpd-server
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "mpd"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} = "mpd"
 
 inherit xfce-app
 
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/clipman/xfce4-clipman-plugin_1.6.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/clipman/xfce4-clipman-plugin_1.6.2.bb
index 6317026..d5c626e 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/clipman/xfce4-clipman-plugin_1.6.2.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/clipman/xfce4-clipman-plugin_1.6.2.bb
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[qrencode] = "--enable-libqrencode,--disable-libqrencode,qrencode"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/metainfo"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/metainfo"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/closebutton/xfce4-closebutton-plugin_git.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/closebutton/xfce4-closebutton-plugin_git.bb
index 1cb489f..9d90420 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/closebutton/xfce4-closebutton-plugin_git.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/closebutton/xfce4-closebutton-plugin_git.bb
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--enable-maintainer-mode"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/xfce4/closebutton/themes"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/xfce4/closebutton/themes"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/eyes/xfce4-eyes-plugin_4.5.1.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/eyes/xfce4-eyes-plugin_4.5.1.bb
index 3d8bc85..fce5df5 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/eyes/xfce4-eyes-plugin_4.5.1.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/eyes/xfce4-eyes-plugin_4.5.1.bb
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "4db780178e529391d53da180e49386904e69a5a33b3bd5185835d0a7e6ff5ac5"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/xfce4/eyes"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/xfce4/eyes"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/pulseaudio/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin_0.4.3.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/pulseaudio/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin_0.4.3.bb
index f3e4df2..9292023 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/pulseaudio/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin_0.4.3.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/pulseaudio/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin_0.4.3.bb
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[libnotify] = "--enable-libnotify,--disable-libnotify,libnotify"
 
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "pavucontrol"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} = "pavucontrol"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/sensors/xfce4-sensors-plugin_1.3.95.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/sensors/xfce4-sensors-plugin_1.3.95.bb
index 3c7fa9a..39fe4b9 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/sensors/xfce4-sensors-plugin_1.3.95.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/sensors/xfce4-sensors-plugin_1.3.95.bb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     --disable-xnvctrl \
 "
 
-do_configure_prepend() {
+do_configure:prepend() {
     sed -i 's:LIBSENSORS_CFLAGS=.*:LIBSENSORS_CFLAGS=-I${STAGING_INCDIR}:g' ${S}/configure.ac
 }
 
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/weather/xfce4-weather-plugin_0.11.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/weather/xfce4-weather-plugin_0.11.0.bb
index 45b4386..069c915 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/weather/xfce4-weather-plugin_0.11.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/weather/xfce4-weather-plugin_0.11.0.bb
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "e3242ea951d51bc0fded1d02a4f1f662bec16a1fb10c855f71bda6541a1153fc"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/xfce4/weather"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/xfce4/weather"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/whiskermenu/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin_2.5.3.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/whiskermenu/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin_2.5.3.bb
index 5c48101..d24f65f 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/whiskermenu/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin_2.5.3.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/whiskermenu/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin_2.5.3.bb
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "39cc34c8a83381997c6faaacb6bf792339234303438a1fccd15c9a1770b87daf"
 
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "menulibre"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} += "menulibre"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/xkb/xfce4-xkb-plugin_0.8.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/xkb/xfce4-xkb-plugin_0.8.2.bb
index bf9e043..ff57236 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/xkb/xfce4-xkb-plugin_0.8.2.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-panel-plugins/xkb/xfce4-xkb-plugin_0.8.2.bb
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 
 DEPENDS += "libxklavier libwnck3 librsvg garcon"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/xfce4/xkb"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/xfce4/xkb"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "xfce4-settings"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "xfce4-settings"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-thunar-plugins/shares/thunar-shares-plugin_0.3.1.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-thunar-plugins/shares/thunar-shares-plugin_0.3.1.bb
index 75ae03a..de19c44 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-thunar-plugins/shares/thunar-shares-plugin_0.3.1.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-thunar-plugins/shares/thunar-shares-plugin_0.3.1.bb
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "0884855d60cf1031b9013b6f5b125372"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "dc1d8c7caa727e76d033d4653dc0742613f57a1711d0050900659c90a84452a0"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += "samba-server"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "samba-server"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/exo/exo_4.16.1.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/exo/exo_4.16.1.bb
index a49b18c..4b31af8 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/exo/exo_4.16.1.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/exo/exo_4.16.1.bb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 # Note: python bindings did not work in oe-dev and are about to be moved to
 # pyxfce see http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.desktop.xfce.devel.version4/19560
-FILES_${PN} += " \
+FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${datadir}/xfce4/ \
     ${libdir}/xfce4/exo* \
 "
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/garcon/garcon_4.16.1.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/garcon/garcon_4.16.1.bb
index 3e59632..65db345 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/garcon/garcon_4.16.1.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/garcon/garcon_4.16.1.bb
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-gtk-doc"
 
-do_compile_prepend() {
+do_compile:prepend() {
     export GIR_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH="${B}/garcon/.libs"
 }
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/desktop-directories"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/desktop-directories"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/libxfce4ui/libxfce4ui_4.16.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/libxfce4ui/libxfce4ui_4.16.0.bb
index 6fbf1cf..7b46c2a 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/libxfce4ui/libxfce4ui_4.16.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/libxfce4ui/libxfce4ui_4.16.0.bb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG[startup-notification] = "--enable-startup-notification,--disable-startup-notification,startup-notification"
 
 PACKAGES += "${PN}-glade"
-FILES_${PN}-glade = " \
+FILES:${PN}-glade = " \
     ${libdir}/glade \
     ${datadir}/glade \
 "
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/packagegroups/packagegroup-xfce-base.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/packagegroups/packagegroup-xfce-base.bb
index 70ef909..9545ad1 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/packagegroups/packagegroup-xfce-base.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/packagegroups/packagegroup-xfce-base.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = " \
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = " \
     xfwm4 \
     xfce4-session \
     xfconf \
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/packagegroups/packagegroup-xfce-extended.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/packagegroups/packagegroup-xfce-extended.bb
index 7f1c172..64f8863 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/packagegroups/packagegroup-xfce-extended.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/packagegroups/packagegroup-xfce-extended.bb
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
 
 # mandatory
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = " \
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = " \
     packagegroup-xfce-base \
 "
 
 # nice to have
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = " \
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} = " \
     xfwm4-theme-daloa \
     xfwm4-theme-kokodi \
     xfwm4-theme-moheli \
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/thunar-volman/thunar-volman_4.16.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/thunar-volman/thunar-volman_4.16.0.bb
index 138796e..5c669a5 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/thunar-volman/thunar-volman_4.16.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/thunar-volman/thunar-volman_4.16.0.bb
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[notify] = "--enable-notifications,--disable-notifications,libnotify"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "eject"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "eject"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/thunar/thunar_4.16.8.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/thunar/thunar_4.16.8.bb
index bdc357f..41963b9 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/thunar/thunar_4.16.8.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/thunar/thunar_4.16.8.bb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[pcre] = "--enable-pcre,--disable-pcre,libpcre"
 
-FILES_${PN} += " \
+FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${libdir}/thunarx-3/* \
     ${libdir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/* \
     ${libdir}/Thunar/[Tt]hunar* \
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
     ${datadir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/* \
 "
 
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "gvfs gvfsd-trash"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} = "gvfs gvfsd-trash"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/tumbler/tumbler_4.16.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/tumbler/tumbler_4.16.0.bb
index fcc39fd..c5ab85d 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/tumbler/tumbler_4.16.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/tumbler/tumbler_4.16.0.bb
@@ -8,23 +8,23 @@
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "9b0b7fed0c64041733d490b1b307297984629d0dd85369749617a8766850af66"
 
-INSANE_SKIP_${PN} = "dev-so"
+INSANE_SKIP:${PN} = "dev-so"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[gstreamer-thumbnailer] = "--enable-gstreamer-thumbnailer,--disable-gstreamer-thumbnailer,gstreamer1.0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base"
 
-do_install_append() {
+do_install:append() {
     # Makefile seems to race on creation of symlink. So ensure creation here
     # until fixed properly
     ln -sf tumbler-xdg-cache.so ${D}${libdir}/tumbler-1/plugins/cache/tumbler-cache-plugin.so
 }
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/dbus-1/services \
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/dbus-1/services \
                 ${libdir}/tumbler-1/tumblerd \
                 ${libdir}/tumbler-1/plugins/*.so \
                 ${libdir}/tumbler-1/plugins/cache/*.so \
 "
 
-FILES_${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/tumbler-1/plugins/*.la \
+FILES:${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/tumbler-1/plugins/*.la \
                     ${libdir}/tumbler-1/plugins/cache/*.la \
 "
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-appfinder/xfce4-appfinder_4.16.1.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-appfinder/xfce4-appfinder_4.16.1.bb
index 4b55238..89385b0 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-appfinder/xfce4-appfinder_4.16.1.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-appfinder/xfce4-appfinder_4.16.1.bb
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "bfe3e9bd92695014ee74a2fbb7f5fd1b4c29cf043c4a11598b8958324c81e7ec"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/metainfo"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/metainfo"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-dev-tools/xfce4-dev-tools_4.16.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-dev-tools/xfce4-dev-tools_4.16.0.bb
index 143a0a5..7162311 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-dev-tools/xfce4-dev-tools_4.16.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-dev-tools/xfce4-dev-tools_4.16.0.bb
@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=9ac2e7cff1ddaf48b6eab6028f23ef88"
 
 DEPENDS = "glib-2.0"
-DEPENDS_append_class-target = " ${BPN}-native"
+DEPENDS:append:class-target = " ${BPN}-native"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/${BPN}/${@'${PV}'[0:4]}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.bz2"
-SRC_URI_append_class-target = " file://0001-Run-native-xdt-csource-on-tests.patch"
+SRC_URI:append:class-target = " file://0001-Run-native-xdt-csource-on-tests.patch"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "f50b3070e66f3ebdf331744dd1ec5e1af5de333965d491e15ce05545e8eb4f04"
 
-do_install_append() {
+do_install:append() {
     install -d ${D}${datadir}/aclocal
     install -m 644 ${S}/m4macros/*.m4 ${D}${datadir}/aclocal/
 }
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/xfce4/dev-tools/m4macros/*.m4"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/xfce4/dev-tools/m4macros/*.m4"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "bash"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "bash"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-panel/xfce4-panel_4.16.3.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-panel/xfce4-panel_4.16.3.bb
index d478e0f..c9e6540 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-panel/xfce4-panel_4.16.3.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-panel/xfce4-panel_4.16.3.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     file://0002-use-lxdm-to-replace-dm-tool.patch \
 "
 
-python populate_packages_prepend() {
+python populate_packages:prepend() {
     plugin_dir = d.expand('${libdir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/')
     plugin_name = d.expand('${PN}-plugin-%s')
     do_split_packages(d, plugin_dir, '^lib(.*).so$', plugin_name,
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@
 
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-gtk3"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/xfce4/panel/migrate \
+FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/xfce4/panel/migrate \
                 ${libdir}/xfce4/panel/wrapper-1.0"
 
-FILES_${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/*.la"
+FILES:${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/*.la"
 
-FILES_${PN}-gtk3 = " \
+FILES:${PN}-gtk3 = " \
     ${libdir}/libxfce4panel-2.0${SOLIBS} \
     ${libdir}/xfce4/panel/wrapper-2.0 \
 "
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-power-manager/xfce4-power-manager_4.16.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-power-manager/xfce4-power-manager_4.16.0.bb
index 7a778bd..a79d801 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-power-manager/xfce4-power-manager_4.16.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-power-manager/xfce4-power-manager_4.16.0.bb
@@ -23,20 +23,20 @@
 
 PACKAGES += "xfce4-powermanager-plugin"
 
-FILES_${PN} += " \
+FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${datadir}/polkit-1 \
     ${datadir}/metainfo \
 "
 
-FILES_xfce4-powermanager-plugin = " \
+FILES:xfce4-powermanager-plugin = " \
     ${libdir}/xfce4 \
     ${datadir}/xfce4 \
 "
 
-RDEPENDS_xfce4-powermanager-plugin = "${PN}"
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "networkmanager ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','','consolekit',d)}"
+RDEPENDS:xfce4-powermanager-plugin = "${PN}"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "networkmanager ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','','consolekit',d)}"
 
 # xfce4-brightness-plugin was replaced by xfce4-powermanager-plugin
-RPROVIDES_xfce4-powermanager-plugin += "xfce4-brightness-plugin"
-RREPLACES_xfce4-powermanager-plugin += "xfce4-brightness-plugin"
-RCONFLICTS_xfce4-powermanager-plugin += "xfce4-brightness-plugin"
+RPROVIDES:xfce4-powermanager-plugin += "xfce4-brightness-plugin"
+RREPLACES:xfce4-powermanager-plugin += "xfce4-brightness-plugin"
+RCONFLICTS:xfce4-powermanager-plugin += "xfce4-brightness-plugin"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-session/xfce4-session_4.16.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-session/xfce4-session_4.16.0.bb
index 4f6bde2..fee634e 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-session/xfce4-session_4.16.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-session/xfce4-session_4.16.0.bb
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 SRC_URI += "file://0001-configure.in-hard-code-path-to-iceauth.patch"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "22f273f212481d71e0b5618c62710cd85f69aea74f5ea5c0093f7918b07d17b7"
 
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "x-session-manager"
+ALTERNATIVE:${PN} = "x-session-manager"
 ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[x-session-manager] = "${bindir}/xfce4-session"
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY_${PN} = "150"
 
-FILES_${PN} += " \
+FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${libdir}/xfce4/*/*/*.so \
     ${libdir}/xfce4/session/*-*-* \
     ${datadir}/xsessions \
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     ${datadir}/polkit-1 \
 "
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = " \
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = " \
     dbus-x11 \
     iceauth \
     netbase \
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings_4.16.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings_4.16.2.bb
index bf853bf..aff57a5 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings_4.16.2.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfce4-settings/xfce4-settings_4.16.2.bb
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG[notify] = "--enable-libnotify,--disable-libnotify,libnotify"
 PACKAGECONFIG[sound-setter] = "--enable-sound-settings, --disable-sound-settings, libcanberra, libcanberra-gtk2 sound-theme-freedesktop"
 
-FILES_${PN} += " \
+FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${libdir}/xfce4 \
     ${datadir}/xfce4 \
 "
 
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "adwaita-icon-theme"
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','alsa','libcanberra-alsa','',d)}"
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','pulseaudio','libcanberra-pulse','',d)}"
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','xfce4-datetime-setter','',d)}"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} += "adwaita-icon-theme"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','alsa','libcanberra-alsa','',d)}"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','pulseaudio','libcanberra-pulse','',d)}"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','xfce4-datetime-setter','',d)}"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfconf/xfconf_4.16.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfconf/xfconf_4.16.0.bb
index 9b341bb..5214b2e 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfconf/xfconf_4.16.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfconf/xfconf_4.16.0.bb
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "652a119007c67d9ba6c0bc7a740c923d33f32d03dc76dfc7ba682584e72a5425"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/xfce4/xfconf/xfconfd \
+FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/xfce4/xfconf/xfconfd \
                 ${libdir}/gio/modules/libxfconfgsettingsbackend.so \
                 ${datadir}/dbus-1/services/org.xfce.Xfconf.service"
 
-FILES_${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/gio/modules/libxfconfgsettingsbackend.la"
+FILES:${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/gio/modules/libxfconfgsettingsbackend.la"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG[gsettings-backend] = "--enable-gsettings-backend,--disable-gsettings-backend,"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfdesktop/xfdesktop_4.16.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfdesktop/xfdesktop_4.16.0.bb
index e8b2b72..7136350 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfdesktop/xfdesktop_4.16.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfdesktop/xfdesktop_4.16.0.bb
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[notify] = "--enable-notifications,--disable-notifications,libnotify"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/backgrounds"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/backgrounds"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfwm4/xfwm4_4.16.1.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfwm4/xfwm4_4.16.1.bb
index 2cbfdad..f4a78f1 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfwm4/xfwm4_4.16.1.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-xfce/recipes-xfce/xfwm4/xfwm4_4.16.1.bb
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG[xpresent] = "--enable-xpresent,--disable-xpresent,libxpresent"
 PACKAGECONFIG[startup-notification] = "--enable-startup-notification,--disable-startup-notification,startup-notification"
 
-python populate_packages_prepend () {
+python populate_packages:prepend () {
     themedir = d.expand('${datadir}/themes')
     do_split_packages(d, themedir, '^(.*)', 'xfwm4-theme-%s', 'XFWM4 theme %s', allow_dirs=True)
 }
 
 PACKAGES_DYNAMIC += "^xfwm4-theme-.*"
 
-ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "x-window-manager"
+ALTERNATIVE:${PN} = "x-window-manager"
 ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[x-window-manager] = "${bindir}/xfwm4"
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY[x-window-manager] = "30"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "xfwm4-theme-default"
-FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/xfce4/xfwm4/helper-dialog \
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "xfwm4-theme-default"
+FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/xfce4/xfwm4/helper-dialog \
                 ${datadir}/xfwm4/defaults \
 "