diff --git a/meta-raspberrypi/conf/machine/include/rpi-base.inc b/meta-raspberrypi/conf/machine/include/rpi-base.inc
index 75c3727..a4db938 100644
--- a/meta-raspberrypi/conf/machine/include/rpi-base.inc
+++ b/meta-raspberrypi/conf/machine/include/rpi-base.inc
@@ -144,4 +144,4 @@
 
 # The kernel image is installed into the FAT32 boot partition and does not need
 # to also be installed into the rootfs.
-RDEPENDS_${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-base = ""
+RDEPENDS:${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-base = ""