diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf_2.42.12.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf_2.42.12.bb
index 96487a284a..060d7735ad 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf_2.42.12.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf_2.42.12.bb
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ LIBV = "2.10.0"
 
 GDK_PIXBUF_LOADERS ?= "png jpeg gif others"
 
-PACKAGECONFIG = "${GDK_PIXBUF_LOADERS} \
-                 ${@bb.utils.contains('PTEST_ENABLED', '1', 'tests', '', d)}"
-PACKAGECONFIG:class-native = "${GDK_PIXBUF_LOADERS}"
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${GDK_PIXBUF_LOADERS} \
+                   ${@bb.utils.contains('PTEST_ENABLED', '1', 'tests', '', d)}"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG[png] = "-Dpng=enabled,-Dpng=disabled,libpng"
 PACKAGECONFIG[jpeg] = "-Djpeg=enabled,-Djpeg=disabled,jpeg"