diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo.inc
index 05d030c2e9..8947c46129 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo.inc
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[zlib] = "--enable-zlib,--disable-zlib,zlib"
 PACKAGECONFIG[pam-wheel] = ",,,pam-plugin-wheel"
 
-CONFFILES:${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/sudoers"
-
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-editor=${base_bindir}/vi --with-env-editor"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF:append:libc-musl = " --disable-hardening "
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo_1.9.9.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo_1.9.9.bb
index f1c0339bb3..d7d71bb364 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo_1.9.9.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo_1.9.9.bb
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ do_install:append () {
 FILES:${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/${BPN}/lib*${SOLIBSDEV} ${libdir}/${BPN}/*.la \
                     ${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBSDEV} ${libdir}/*.la"
 
+CONFFILES:${PN}-lib = "${sysconfdir}/sudoers"
+
 SUDO_PACKAGES = "${PN}-sudo\
                  ${PN}-lib"