diff --git a/recipes-bsp/ti-sci-fw/ti-sci-fw_git.bb b/recipes-bsp/ti-sci-fw/ti-sci-fw_git.bb
index 3986af47..2a59e896 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/ti-sci-fw/ti-sci-fw_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/ti-sci-fw/ti-sci-fw_git.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DEPENDS_remove_am65xx-hs-evm-k3r5-sr2 = " virtual/bootloader"
 DEPENDS_remove_j7-evm-k3r5 = " virtual/bootloader"
 DEPENDS_remove_j7-hs-evm-k3r5 = " virtual/bootloader"
 DEPENDS_remove_j7-hs-evm-k3r5-sr1-1 = " virtual/bootloader"
-DEPENDS_append = " ${@ '' if '${TI_SECURE_DEV_PKG_K3}' else 'ti-k3-secdev-native' }"
+DEPENDS_append = " ${@ '' if d.getVar('TI_SECURE_DEV_PKG_K3') else 'ti-k3-secdev-native' }"
 
 CLEANBROKEN = "1"
 PR = "${INC_PR}.2"