1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/recipeutils.py b/meta/lib/oe/recipeutils.py
index 26bbf3e5c9..d8094c8769 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/recipeutils.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/recipeutils.py
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ def bbappend_recipe(rd, destlayerdir, srcfiles, install=None, wildcardver=False,
             for line in extralines:
                 if line[-1] == '\n':
                     line = line[:-1]
-                splitline = line.split(maxsplit=2)
+                splitline = line.split(None, 2)
                 if len(splitline) == 3:
                     bbappendlines.append(tuple(splitline))
                 else: