diff --git a/meta-hpe/conf/layer.conf b/meta-hpe/conf/layer.conf
index da14cfc..1072f7d 100644
--- a/meta-hpe/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta-hpe/conf/layer.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
             ${LAYERDIR}/meta-common/recipes-*/*/*.bbappend"
 
 BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "hpe-layer"
-BBFILE_PATTERN_hpe-layer := "^${LAYERDIR}/"
+BBFILE_PATTERN_hpe-layer := "^${LAYERDIR}/meta-common/"
 LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_hpe-layer = "hardknott honister"
 
 # Provide a variable that points the base of the hpe layer.