1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
index 116e10b9de..d74361bf93 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ python populate_packages_prepend () {
                 path = d.getVar("PATH", True)
 
                 cmd = "PATH=\"%s\" depmod -n -a -b %s -F %s/boot/System.map-%s %s" % (path, dvar, dvar, kernelver, kernelver_stripped)
-                f = os.popen(cmd, 'r')
+                f = bb.process.Popen(cmd, shell=True).stdout
 
                 deps = {}
                 pattern0 = "^(.*\.k?o):..*$"