diff --git a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/aspell/aspell_0.0.0.1.bb b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/aspell/aspell_0.0.0.1.bb
index dcf6c8b..d6f3628 100644
--- a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/aspell/aspell_0.0.0.1.bb
+++ b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/aspell/aspell_0.0.0.1.bb
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@
 
 PACKAGES += "libaspell libpspell libpspell-dev aspell-utils"
 
-FILES_${PN}-dbg += "${libdir}/aspell-0.60/.debu*"
-FILES_libaspell = "${libdir}/libaspell.so.* ${libdir}/aspell*"
-FILES_aspell-utils = "${bindir}/word-list-compress ${bindir}/aspell-import ${bindir}/run-with-aspell ${bindir}/pre*"
-FILES_${PN} = "${bindir}/aspell"
-FILES_libpspell = "${libdir}/libpspell.so.*"
-FILES_libpspell-dev = "${libdir}/libpspell* ${bindir}/pspell-config ${includedir}/pspell"
+FILES:${PN}-dbg += "${libdir}/aspell-0.60/.debu*"
+FILES:libaspell = "${libdir}/libaspell.so.* ${libdir}/aspell*"
+FILES:aspell-utils = "${bindir}/word-list-compress ${bindir}/aspell-import ${bindir}/run-with-aspell ${bindir}/pre*"
+FILES:${PN} = "${bindir}/aspell"
+FILES:libpspell = "${libdir}/libpspell.so.*"
+FILES:libpspell-dev = "${libdir}/libpspell* ${bindir}/pspell-config ${includedir}/pspell"
 
-ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET_armv4 = "arm"
-ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET_armv5 = "arm"
-ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET_armv6 = "arm"
+ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET:armv4 = "arm"
+ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET:armv5 = "arm"
+ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET:armv6 = "arm"
 
 inherit autotools gettext
diff --git a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/container-image/container-image-testpkg.bb b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/container-image/container-image-testpkg.bb
index f8dd229..929bc29 100644
--- a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/container-image/container-image-testpkg.bb
+++ b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/container-image/container-image-testpkg.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"
 
-do_install_append() {
+do_install:append() {
     install -d ${D}${bindir}
     touch ${D}${bindir}/theapp
 }
diff --git a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/devtool/devtool-patch-overrides.bb b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/devtool/devtool-patch-overrides.bb
index d36c9ed..f12bee0 100644
--- a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/devtool/devtool-patch-overrides.bb
+++ b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/devtool/devtool-patch-overrides.bb
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD = "1"
 
 SRC_URI = "file://source;subdir=${BP}"
-SRC_URI_append_qemuarm = " file://arm.patch;striplevel=0"
-SRC_URI_append_qemux86 = " file://x86.patch;striplevel=0"
+SRC_URI:append:qemuarm = " file://arm.patch;striplevel=0"
+SRC_URI:append:qemux86 = " file://x86.patch;striplevel=0"
diff --git a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb
index 1cb0198..84d3721 100644
--- a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb
+++ b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/images/wic-image-minimal.bb
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 IMAGE_FSTYPES = "wic"
 
 WKS_FILE_DEPENDS = "dosfstools-native mtools-native gptfdisk-native"
-WKS_FILE_DEPENDS_append_x86 = " syslinux-native syslinux"
-WKS_FILE_DEPENDS_append_x86-64 = " syslinux-native syslinux"
-WKS_FILE_DEPENDS_append_x86-x32 = " syslinux-native syslinux"
+WKS_FILE_DEPENDS:append:x86 = " syslinux-native syslinux"
+WKS_FILE_DEPENDS:append:x86-64 = " syslinux-native syslinux"
+WKS_FILE_DEPENDS:append:x86-x32 = " syslinux-native syslinux"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420"
 
diff --git a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/multiconfig/multiconfig-image-packager_0.1.bb b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/multiconfig/multiconfig-image-packager_0.1.bb
index a76a6be..daf2834 100644
--- a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/multiconfig/multiconfig-image-packager_0.1.bb
+++ b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/multiconfig/multiconfig-image-packager_0.1.bb
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420"
 
-MCMACHINE_virtclass-mcextend-musl = "qemux86-64"
-MCMACHINE_virtclass-mcextend-tiny = "qemux86"
-MCIMGTYPE_virtclass-mcextend-musl = "ext4"
-MCIMGTYPE_virtclass-mcextend-tiny = "cpio.gz"
+MCMACHINE:virtclass-mcextend-musl = "qemux86-64"
+MCMACHINE:virtclass-mcextend-tiny = "qemux86"
+MCIMGTYPE:virtclass-mcextend-musl = "ext4"
+MCIMGTYPE:virtclass-mcextend-tiny = "cpio.gz"
 
 MC_DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE = "${TOPDIR}/tmp-mc-${MCNAME}/deploy/images/${MCMACHINE}"
 
diff --git a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/postinst/postinst_1.0.bb b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/postinst/postinst_1.0.bb
index 913bfab..b936c4f 100644
--- a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/postinst/postinst_1.0.bb
+++ b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/postinst/postinst_1.0.bb
@@ -5,19 +5,19 @@
 
 PACKAGES = "${PN}-rootfs ${PN}-delayed-a ${PN}-delayed-b ${PN}-rootfs-failing"
 
-ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN}-rootfs = "1"
-ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN}-delayed-a = "1"
-ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN}-delayed-b = "1"
-ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN}-rootfs-failing = "1"
+ALLOW_EMPTY:${PN}-rootfs = "1"
+ALLOW_EMPTY:${PN}-delayed-a = "1"
+ALLOW_EMPTY:${PN}-delayed-b = "1"
+ALLOW_EMPTY:${PN}-rootfs-failing = "1"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-delayed-a = "${PN}-rootfs"
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-delayed-b = "${PN}-delayed-a"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-delayed-a = "${PN}-rootfs"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-delayed-b = "${PN}-delayed-a"
 
 TESTDIR = "${sysconfdir}/postinst-test"
 
 # At rootfs time touch $TESTDIR/rootfs.  Errors if the file already exists, or
 # if the function runs on first boot.
-pkg_postinst_${PN}-rootfs () {
+pkg_postinst:${PN}-rootfs () {
     set -e
 
     if [ -z "$D" ]; then
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 # Depends on rootfs, delays until first boot, verifies that the rootfs file was
 # written.
-pkg_postinst_ontarget_${PN}-delayed-a () {
+pkg_postinst_ontarget:${PN}-delayed-a () {
     set -e
 
     if [ ! -e ${TESTDIR}/rootfs ]; then
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 # Depends on delayed-a, delays until first boot, verifies that the delayed-a file was
 # written. This verifies the ordering between delayed postinsts.
-pkg_postinst_ontarget_${PN}-delayed-b () {
+pkg_postinst_ontarget:${PN}-delayed-b () {
     set -e
 
     if [ ! -e ${TESTDIR}/delayed-a ]; then
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
 # This scriptlet intentionally includes a bogus command in the middle to test 
 # that we catch and report such errors properly.
-pkg_postinst_${PN}-rootfs-failing () {
+pkg_postinst:${PN}-rootfs-failing () {
     mkdir -p $D${TESTDIR}
     touch $D${TESTDIR}/rootfs-before-failure
     run_a_really_broken_command
diff --git a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/recipetool/selftest-recipetool-appendfile.bb b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/recipetool/selftest-recipetool-appendfile.bb
index b5f9767..e127b48 100644
--- a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/recipetool/selftest-recipetool-appendfile.bb
+++ b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/recipetool/selftest-recipetool-appendfile.bb
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
 	install_extrafunc
 }
 
-pkg_postinst_${PN} () {
+pkg_postinst:${PN} () {
 	echo "Test file installed by postinst" > $D${datadir}/selftest-replaceme-postinst
 }
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}"
 
diff --git a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/recipeutils/recipeutils-test_1.2.bb b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/recipeutils/recipeutils-test_1.2.bb
index 0cd0494..062d6a7 100644
--- a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/recipeutils/recipeutils-test_1.2.bb
+++ b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/recipeutils/recipeutils-test_1.2.bb
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
 
 SRC_URI += "file://somefile"
 
-SRC_URI_append = " file://anotherfile"
+SRC_URI:append = " file://anotherfile"
diff --git a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-chown/selftest-chown.bb b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-chown/selftest-chown.bb
index 440471f..aa6ce0c 100644
--- a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-chown/selftest-chown.bb
+++ b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-chown/selftest-chown.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 inherit useradd allarch
 
 USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
-USERADD_PARAM_${PN} = "-u 1234 -M test"
+USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "-u 1234 -M test"
 TESTDIR = "${D}${sysconfdir}/selftest-chown"
 
 do_install() {
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@
 	chown -R test:test ${TESTDIR}/fifotest
 }
 
-FILES_${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/selftest-chown/*"
+FILES:${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/selftest-chown/*"
diff --git a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-ed/selftest-ed_0.5.bb b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-ed/selftest-ed_0.5.bb
index 4f713f5..7595e8e 100644
--- a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-ed/selftest-ed_0.5.bb
+++ b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-ed/selftest-ed_0.5.bb
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "'CC=${CC}' 'CXX=${CXX}' 'CFLAGS=${CFLAGS}' 'CXXFLAGS=${CXXFLAGS}' 'CPPFLAGS=${CPPFLAGS}' 'LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS}'"
 
-CONFIGUREOPTS_remove = "--disable-dependency-tracking"
-CONFIGUREOPTS_remove = "--disable-silent-rules"
-EXTRA_OECONF_remove = "--disable-static"
+CONFIGUREOPTS:remove = "--disable-dependency-tracking"
+CONFIGUREOPTS:remove = "--disable-silent-rules"
+EXTRA_OECONF:remove = "--disable-static"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
diff --git a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hardlink/selftest-hardlink.bb b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hardlink/selftest-hardlink.bb
index 842a977..be346b8 100644
--- a/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hardlink/selftest-hardlink.bb
+++ b/poky/meta-selftest/recipes-test/selftest-hardlink/selftest-hardlink.bb
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@
 	dd if=/dev/zero of=${D}${bindir}/sparsetest bs=1 count=0 seek=1M
 }
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-gdb += "gdb"
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-gdb += "gdb"
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-gdb"
-FILES_${PN}-gdb = "${bindir}/gdb.sh"
+FILES:${PN}-gdb = "${bindir}/gdb.sh"