diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/librsvg/librsvg_2.61.3.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/librsvg/librsvg_2.61.3.bb
index 61ef01c3fd7..0b82ae14523 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/librsvg/librsvg_2.61.3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/librsvg/librsvg_2.61.3.bb
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ LDFLAGS += " -L${B}/rsvg"
 # needed on ubuntu 20.04/debian 11 to avoid 'undefined reference to `dlsym'' errors
 BUILD_LDFLAGS += " -ldl"
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= "gdkpixbuf ${@bb.utils.contains('PTEST_ENABLED', '1', 'apitest', '', d)}"
-PACKAGECONFIG:append:class-target = " ${@bb.utils.contains('GI_DATA_ENABLED', 'True', 'vala', '', d)}"
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "gdkpixbuf \
+                   ${@bb.utils.contains('PTEST_ENABLED', '1', 'apitest', '', d)} \
+                   ${@bb.utils.contains('GI_DATA_ENABLED', 'True', 'vala', '', d)}"
 # The gdk-pixbuf loader
 PACKAGECONFIG[gdkpixbuf] = "-Dpixbuf-loader=enabled,-Dpixbuf-loader=disabled,gdk-pixbuf-native"
 PACKAGECONFIG[vala] = "-Dvala=enabled,-Dvala=disabled"