diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gst-devtools_1.18.4.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gst-devtools_1.18.4.bb
index 2a56967..be554a6 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gst-devtools_1.18.4.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gst-devtools_1.18.4.bb
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ffbd194c40912cb5e7fca2863648bf9dd8257b7af97d3a60c4fcd4efd8526ccf"
 
 DEPENDS = "json-glib glib-2.0 glib-2.0-native gstreamer1.0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base"
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "git"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} = "git"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/gstreamer-1.0/* ${libdir}/gst-validate-launcher/* ${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/*"
+FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/gstreamer-1.0/* ${libdir}/gst-validate-launcher/* ${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/*"
 
 inherit meson pkgconfig gettext upstream-version-is-even gobject-introspection
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     ${@gettext_oemeson(d)} \
 "
 
-do_install_append () {
+do_install:append () {
      for fn in ${bindir}/gst-validate-launcher \
          ${libdir}/gst-validate-launcher/python/launcher/config.py; do
              sed -i -e 's,${B},/usr/src/debug/${PN},g' -e 's,${S},/usr/src/debug/${PN},g' ${D}$fn
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gst-examples_1.18.4.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gst-examples_1.18.4.bb
index 4670ab3..9d8fef8 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gst-examples_1.18.4.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gst-examples_1.18.4.bb
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@
 
 ANY_OF_DISTRO_FEATURES = "${GTK3DISTROFEATURES}"
 
-do_install_append() {
+do_install:append() {
 	install -m 0644 -D ${WORKDIR}/gst-player.desktop ${D}${datadir}/applications/gst-player.desktop
 }
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-playback"
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-meta \
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-playback"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} = "gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-meta \
                      gstreamer1.0-plugins-good-meta \
                      gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-meta \
                       ${@bb.utils.contains("LICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST", "commercial", "gstreamer1.0-libav", "", d)} \
                      ${@bb.utils.contains("LICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST", "commercial", "gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly-meta", "", d)}"
-RPROVIDES_${PN} += "gst-player gst-player-bin"
+RPROVIDES:${PN} += "gst-player gst-player-bin"
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-libav_1.18.4.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-libav_1.18.4.bb
index 6a84f92..0c4f50c 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-libav_1.18.4.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-libav_1.18.4.bb
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@
 
 inherit meson pkgconfig upstream-version-is-even
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/*.so"
-FILES_${PN}-staticdev += "${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/*.a"
+FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/*.so"
+FILES:${PN}-staticdev += "${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/*.a"
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-meta-base.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-meta-base.bb
index 016e176..57a9adb 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-meta-base.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-meta-base.bb
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
     gstreamer1.0-meta-debug \
     gstreamer1.0-meta-video"
 
-ALLOW_EMPTY_gstreamer1.0-meta-base = "1"
-ALLOW_EMPTY_gstreamer1.0-meta-x11-base = "1"
-ALLOW_EMPTY_gstreamer1.0-meta-audio = "1"
-ALLOW_EMPTY_gstreamer1.0-meta-debug = "1"
-ALLOW_EMPTY_gstreamer1.0-meta-video = "1"
+ALLOW_EMPTY:gstreamer1.0-meta-base = "1"
+ALLOW_EMPTY:gstreamer1.0-meta-x11-base = "1"
+ALLOW_EMPTY:gstreamer1.0-meta-audio = "1"
+ALLOW_EMPTY:gstreamer1.0-meta-debug = "1"
+ALLOW_EMPTY:gstreamer1.0-meta-video = "1"
 
-RDEPENDS_gstreamer1.0-meta-base = "\
+RDEPENDS:gstreamer1.0-meta-base = "\
     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'gstreamer1.0-meta-x11-base', '', d)} \
     gstreamer1.0 \
     gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-playback \
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@
     gstreamer1.0-plugins-good-autodetect \
     gstreamer1.0-plugins-good-soup"
 
-RRECOMMENDS_gstreamer1.0-meta-x11-base = "\
+RRECOMMENDS:gstreamer1.0-meta-x11-base = "\
     gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-ximagesink \
     gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-xvimagesink"
 
-RDEPENDS_gstreamer1.0-meta-audio = "\
+RDEPENDS:gstreamer1.0-meta-audio = "\
     gstreamer1.0-meta-base \
     gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-vorbis \
     gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-ogg \
@@ -51,18 +51,18 @@
     gstreamer1.0-plugins-good-flac \
     ${COMMERCIAL_AUDIO_PLUGINS}"
 
-RDEPENDS_gstreamer1.0-meta-debug = "\
+RDEPENDS:gstreamer1.0-meta-debug = "\
     gstreamer1.0-meta-base \
     gstreamer1.0-plugins-good-debug \
     gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-audiotestsrc \
     gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-videotestsrc"
 
-RDEPENDS_gstreamer1.0-meta-video = "\
+RDEPENDS:gstreamer1.0-meta-video = "\
     gstreamer1.0-meta-base \
     gstreamer1.0-plugins-good-avi \
     gstreamer1.0-plugins-good-matroska \
     gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-theora \
     ${COMMERCIAL_VIDEO_PLUGINS}"
 
-RRECOMMENDS_gstreamer1.0-meta-video = "\
+RRECOMMENDS:gstreamer1.0-meta-video = "\
     gstreamer1.0-meta-audio"
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-omx_1.18.4.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-omx_1.18.4.bb
index d38be03..7baccfe 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-omx_1.18.4.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-omx_1.18.4.bb
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 }
 do_install[postfuncs] += " set_omx_core_name "
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/*.so"
-FILES_${PN}-staticdev += "${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/*.a"
+FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/*.so"
+FILES:${PN}-staticdev += "${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/*.a"
 
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_libomxil ?= "libomxil"
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_libomxil}"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_libomxil}"
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad_1.18.4.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad_1.18.4.bb
index 96f0139..81c8391 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad_1.18.4.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad_1.18.4.bb
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@
 
 export OPENCV_PREFIX = "${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${prefix}"
 
-ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET_armv4 = "arm"
-ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET_armv5 = "arm"
+ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET:armv4 = "arm"
+ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET:armv5 = "arm"
 
-FILES_${PN}-freeverb += "${datadir}/gstreamer-1.0/presets/GstFreeverb.prs"
-FILES_${PN}-opencv += "${datadir}/gst-plugins-bad/1.0/opencv*"
-FILES_${PN}-transcode += "${datadir}/gstreamer-1.0/encoding-profiles"
-FILES_${PN}-voamrwbenc += "${datadir}/gstreamer-1.0/presets/GstVoAmrwbEnc.prs"
+FILES:${PN}-freeverb += "${datadir}/gstreamer-1.0/presets/GstFreeverb.prs"
+FILES:${PN}-opencv += "${datadir}/gst-plugins-bad/1.0/opencv*"
+FILES:${PN}-transcode += "${datadir}/gstreamer-1.0/encoding-profiles"
+FILES:${PN}-voamrwbenc += "${datadir}/gstreamer-1.0/presets/GstVoAmrwbEnc.prs"
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-base_1.18.4.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-base_1.18.4.bb
index 73b433a..90a8d7d 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-base_1.18.4.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-base_1.18.4.bb
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@
     ${@get_opengl_cmdline_list('gl_winsys', d.getVar('OPENGL_WINSYS'), d)} \
 "
 
-FILES_${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/include/gst/gl/gstglconfig.h"
-FILES_${MLPREFIX}libgsttag-1.0 += "${datadir}/gst-plugins-base/1.0/license-translations.dict"
+FILES:${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/include/gst/gl/gstglconfig.h"
+FILES:${MLPREFIX}libgsttag-1.0 += "${datadir}/gst-plugins-base/1.0/license-translations.dict"
 
 def get_opengl_cmdline_list(switch_name, options, d):
     selected_options = []
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-common.inc b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-common.inc
index cb1c9aa..54dd928 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-common.inc
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-common.inc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # workaround to disable orc on mips to fix the build failure
 # {standard input}: Assembler messages:
 # {standard input}:46587: Error: branch out of range
-GSTREAMER_ORC_mips = ""
+GSTREAMER_ORC:mips = ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[orc] = "-Dorc=enabled,-Dorc=disabled,orc orc-native"
 
 # TODO: put this in a gettext.bbclass patch (with variables to allow for
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-good_1.18.4.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-good_1.18.4.bb
index c7d31d2..a90594a 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-good_1.18.4.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-good_1.18.4.bb
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
                     file://gst/replaygain/rganalysis.c;beginline=1;endline=23;md5=b60ebefd5b2f5a8e0cab6bfee391a5fe"
 
 DEPENDS += "gstreamer1.0-plugins-base libcap zlib"
-RPROVIDES_${PN}-pulseaudio += "${PN}-pulse"
-RPROVIDES_${PN}-soup += "${PN}-souphttpsrc"
+RPROVIDES:${PN}-pulseaudio += "${PN}-pulse"
+RPROVIDES:${PN}-soup += "${PN}-souphttpsrc"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= " \
     ${GSTREAMER_ORC} \
@@ -75,4 +75,4 @@
     -Dwaveform=disabled \
 "
 
-FILES_${PN}-equalizer += "${datadir}/gstreamer-1.0/presets/*.prs"
+FILES:${PN}-equalizer += "${datadir}/gstreamer-1.0/presets/*.prs"
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-packaging.inc b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-packaging.inc
index 5b80a46..e906053 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-packaging.inc
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-packaging.inc
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 # Dynamically generate packages for all enabled plugins
 PACKAGES_DYNAMIC = "^${PN}-.* ^libgst.*"
 
-PACKAGESPLITFUNCS_prepend = " split_gstreamer10_packages "
-PACKAGESPLITFUNCS_append = " set_gstreamer10_metapkg_rdepends "
+PACKAGESPLITFUNCS:prepend = " split_gstreamer10_packages "
+PACKAGESPLITFUNCS:append = " set_gstreamer10_metapkg_rdepends "
 
 python split_gstreamer10_packages () {
     gst_libdir = d.expand('${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0')
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 
     pn = d.getVar('PN')
     metapkg =  pn + '-meta'
-    d.setVar('ALLOW_EMPTY_' + metapkg, "1")
-    d.setVar('FILES_' + metapkg, "")
+    d.setVar('ALLOW_EMPTY:' + metapkg, "1")
+    d.setVar('FILES:' + metapkg, "")
     blacklist = [ pn, pn + '-meta' ]
     metapkg_rdepends = []
     pkgdest = d.getVar('PKGDEST')
@@ -54,20 +54,20 @@
             is_empty = len(dir_contents) == 0
             if not is_empty:
                 metapkg_rdepends.append(pkg)
-    d.setVar('RDEPENDS_' + metapkg, ' '.join(metapkg_rdepends))
-    d.setVar('DESCRIPTION_' + metapkg, pn + ' meta package')
+    d.setVar('RDEPENDS:' + metapkg, ' '.join(metapkg_rdepends))
+    d.setVar('DESCRIPTION:' + metapkg, pn + ' meta package')
 }
 
 # each plugin-dev depends on PN-dev, plugin-staticdev on PN-staticdev
 # so we need them even when empty (like in gst-plugins-good case)
-ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN} = "1"
-ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN}-dev = "1"
-ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN}-staticdev = "1"
+ALLOW_EMPTY:${PN} = "1"
+ALLOW_EMPTY:${PN}-dev = "1"
+ALLOW_EMPTY:${PN}-staticdev = "1"
 
 PACKAGES += "${PN}-apps ${PN}-meta ${PN}-glib"
 
-FILES_${PN} = ""
-FILES_${PN}-apps = "${bindir}"
-FILES_${PN}-glib = "${datadir}/glib-2.0"
+FILES:${PN} = ""
+FILES:${PN}-apps = "${bindir}"
+FILES:${PN}-glib = "${datadir}/glib-2.0"
 
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "${PN}-meta"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN} += "${PN}-meta"
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly_1.18.4.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly_1.18.4.bb
index 932fa7f..817dffe 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly_1.18.4.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly_1.18.4.bb
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@
     -Dsidplay=disabled \
 "
 
-FILES_${PN}-amrnb += "${datadir}/gstreamer-1.0/presets/GstAmrnbEnc.prs"
-FILES_${PN}-x264 += "${datadir}/gstreamer-1.0/presets/GstX264Enc.prs"
+FILES:${PN}-amrnb += "${datadir}/gstreamer-1.0/presets/GstAmrnbEnc.prs"
+FILES:${PN}-x264 += "${datadir}/gstreamer-1.0/presets/GstX264Enc.prs"
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-python_1.18.4.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-python_1.18.4.bb
index 49de3da..2fd73cb 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-python_1.18.4.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-python_1.18.4.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "cb68e08a7e825e08b83a12a22dcd6e4f1b328a7b02a7ac84f42f68f4ddc7098e"
 
 DEPENDS = "gstreamer1.0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base python3-pygobject"
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += "gstreamer1.0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base python3-pygobject"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "gstreamer1.0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-base python3-pygobject"
 
 PNREAL = "gst-python"
 
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
 
 # gobject-introspection is mandatory and cannot be configured
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "gobject-introspection-data"
-UNKNOWN_CONFIGURE_WHITELIST_append = " introspection"
+UNKNOWN_CONFIGURE_WHITELIST:append = " introspection"
 
 inherit meson pkgconfig distutils3-base upstream-version-is-even gobject-introspection features_check
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-vaapi_1.18.4.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-vaapi_1.18.4.bb
index a268d79..5c9025f 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-vaapi_1.18.4.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-vaapi_1.18.4.bb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 PACKAGECONFIG[wayland] = "-Dwith_wayland=yes,-Dwith_wayland=no,wayland-native wayland wayland-protocols"
 PACKAGECONFIG[x11] = "-Dwith_x11=yes,-Dwith_x11=no,virtual/libx11 libxrandr libxrender"
 
-FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/gstreamer-*/*.so"
-FILES_${PN}-dbg += "${libdir}/gstreamer-*/.debug"
-FILES_${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/gstreamer-*/*.a"
-FILES_${PN}-tests = "${bindir}/*"
+FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/gstreamer-*/*.so"
+FILES:${PN}-dbg += "${libdir}/gstreamer-*/.debug"
+FILES:${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/gstreamer-*/*.a"
+FILES:${PN}-tests = "${bindir}/*"
diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0_1.18.4.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0_1.18.4.bb
index 8f135b3..ee41832 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0_1.18.4.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0_1.18.4.bb
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@
 PACKAGES += "${PN}-bash-completion"
 
 # Add the core element plugins to the main package
-FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/*.so"
-FILES_${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/*.a ${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/include"
-FILES_${PN}-bash-completion += "${datadir}/bash-completion/completions/ ${datadir}/bash-completion/helpers/gst*"
-FILES_${PN}-dbg += "${datadir}/gdb ${datadir}/gstreamer-1.0/gdb"
+FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/*.so"
+FILES:${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/*.a ${libdir}/gstreamer-1.0/include"
+FILES:${PN}-bash-completion += "${datadir}/bash-completion/completions/ ${datadir}/bash-completion/helpers/gst*"
+FILES:${PN}-dbg += "${datadir}/gdb ${datadir}/gstreamer-1.0/gdb"
 
 CVE_PRODUCT = "gstreamer"