diff --git a/meta-perl/recipes-perl/libcrypt/libcrypt-openssl-guess-perl_0.15.bb b/meta-perl/recipes-perl/libcrypt/libcrypt-openssl-guess-perl_0.15.bb
index 3f004bb2ec..d64fc296e2 100644
--- a/meta-perl/recipes-perl/libcrypt/libcrypt-openssl-guess-perl_0.15.bb
+++ b/meta-perl/recipes-perl/libcrypt/libcrypt-openssl-guess-perl_0.15.bb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ inherit cpan ptest-perl
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
 
 # for backwards compatibility
-PROVIDES_${PN} += "libcrypt-openssl-guess"
+PROVIDES += "libcrypt-openssl-guess"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "\
     perl-module-test-more \