diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim-sources.inc b/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim-sources.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a12485c39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim-sources.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+LICENSE = "Vim"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=d1a651ab770b45d41c0f8cb5a8ca930e"
+
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/vim/vim.git;branch=master;protocol=https;tag=v${PV} \
+           file://disable_acl_header_check.patch \
+           file://0001-src-Makefile-improve-reproducibility.patch \
+           file://no-path-adjust.patch \
+           "
+
+PV .= ".0340"
+SRCREV = "6addd6c101117706bc9b3609d3a418e26e92618f"
+
+# Do not consider .z in x.y.z, as that is updated with every commit
+UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+\.\d+)\.0"
+# Ignore that the upstream version .z in x.y.z is always newer
+UPSTREAM_VERSION_UNKNOWN = "1"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim.inc b/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim.inc
index d6fdf45706..74777864e7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/vim/vim.inc
@@ -9,22 +9,7 @@ DEPENDS = "ncurses gettext-native"
 # vimdiff doesn't like busybox diff
 RSUGGESTS:${PN} = "diffutils"
 
-LICENSE = "Vim"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=d1a651ab770b45d41c0f8cb5a8ca930e"
-
-SRC_URI = "git://github.com/vim/vim.git;branch=master;protocol=https;tag=v${PV} \
-           file://disable_acl_header_check.patch \
-           file://0001-src-Makefile-improve-reproducibility.patch \
-           file://no-path-adjust.patch \
-           "
-
-PV .= ".0340"
-SRCREV = "6addd6c101117706bc9b3609d3a418e26e92618f"
-
-# Do not consider .z in x.y.z, as that is updated with every commit
-UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+\.\d+)\.0"
-# Ignore that the upstream version .z in x.y.z is always newer
-UPSTREAM_VERSION_UNKNOWN = "1"
+require vim-sources.inc
 
 VIMDIR = "vim${@d.getVar('PV').split('.')[0]}${@d.getVar('PV').split('.')[1]}"