diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
index 0260961..206e3da 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-defaults.inc
@@ -247,4 +247,3 @@
 
 PREFERRED_VERSION_phosphor-ipmi-host = "1.0"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_phosphor-dbus-monitor = "1.0"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_mboxd = "1.0"
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/mboxd/mboxd.bb b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/mboxd/mboxd.bb
index 69a1354..e1583d7 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/mboxd/mboxd.bb
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-phosphor/mboxd/mboxd.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Phosphor OpenBMC MBOX Daemon"
 DESCRIPTION = "Phosphor OpenBMC MBOX Daemon"
 PR = "r1"
+PV = "1.0+git${SRCPV}"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=e3fc50a88d0a364313df4b21ef20c29e"