diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
index af482f9d62..d1df711d40 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
@@ -530,13 +530,15 @@ class BBCooker:
             self.data.inchistory.emit(env)
             logger.plain(env.getvalue())
 
+        data.expandKeys(envdata)
+        parse.ast.runAnonFuncs(envdata)
+
         # emit variables and shell functions
         with closing(StringIO()) as env:
             data.emit_env(env, envdata, True)
             logger.plain(env.getvalue())
 
         # emit the metadata which isnt valid shell
-        data.expandKeys(envdata)
         for e in sorted(envdata.keys()):
             if envdata.getVarFlag(e, 'func', False) and envdata.getVarFlag(e, 'python', False):
                 logger.plain("\npython %s () {\n%s}\n", e, envdata.getVar(e, False))