diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
index 5f629c0..88ed8c5 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/recipetool/append.py
@@ -72,15 +72,15 @@
                 # This does assume that PN comes before other values, but that's a fairly safe assumption
                 for line in f:
                     if line.startswith('PN:'):
-                        pn = line.split(':', 1)[1].strip()
-                    elif line.startswith('FILES_INFO:'):
-                        val = line.split(':', 1)[1].strip()
+                        pn = line.split(': ', 1)[1].strip()
+                    elif line.startswith('FILES_INFO'):
+                        val = line.split(': ', 1)[1].strip()
                         dictval = json.loads(val)
                         for fullpth in dictval.keys():
                             if fnmatch.fnmatchcase(fullpth, targetpath):
                                 recipes[targetpath].append(pn)
                     elif line.startswith('pkg_preinst:') or line.startswith('pkg_postinst:'):
-                        scriptval = line.split(':', 1)[1].strip().encode('utf-8').decode('unicode_escape')
+                        scriptval = line.split(': ', 1)[1].strip().encode('utf-8').decode('unicode_escape')
                         if 'update-alternatives --install %s ' % targetpath in scriptval:
                             recipes[targetpath].append('?%s' % pn)
                         elif targetpath_re.search(scriptval):