diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
index ee9e139..aefa766 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
@@ -245,4 +245,3 @@
 # phosphor-ipmi-fru-whitelist-native recipe.
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_phosphor-ipmi-providers ?= "phosphor-ipmi-fru"
 
-PREFERRED_VERSION_phosphor-ipmi-host = "1.0"
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host.bb
index fef42ba..da061d1 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Phosphor OpenBMC IPMI daemon"
 DESCRIPTION = "Phosphor OpenBMC IPMI router and plugin libraries"
 PR = "r1"
+PV = "1.0+git${SRCPV}"
 
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN} += "packagegroup-obmc-ipmid-providers-libs"