1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
index a813c8b59c..a264712f9e 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_rpm.bbclass
@@ -1025,10 +1025,8 @@ python do_package_rpm () {
 
 python () {
     if d.getVar('PACKAGES', True) != '':
-        deps = (d.getVarFlag('do_package_write_rpm', 'depends') or "").split()
-        deps.append('rpm-native:do_populate_sysroot')
-        deps.append('virtual/fakeroot-native:do_populate_sysroot')
-        d.setVarFlag('do_package_write_rpm', 'depends', " ".join(deps))
+        deps = ' rpm-native:do_populate_sysroot virtual/fakeroot-native:do_populate_sysroot'
+        d.appendVarFlag('do_package_write_rpm', 'depends', deps)
         d.setVarFlag('do_package_write_rpm', 'fakeroot', 1)
         d.setVarFlag('do_package_write_rpm_setscene', 'fakeroot', 1)
 }