diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/powerpc/arch-powerpc.inc
b/meta/conf/machine/include/powerpc/arch-powerp
index c9b2829..9f588e8 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/powerpc/arch-powerpc.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/powerpc/arch-powerpc.inc
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ TARGET_FPU .=
"${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "fpu-soft", "soft", "", d)}

 ABIEXTENSION = "${@['','spe'][d.getVar('TARGET_FPU', True) in
['ppc-efd', 'ppc-efs']]}"

-PPCPKGSFX_FPU = "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "fpu-hard" ,
"", "-nf", d)}"
-
-PPCPKGARCH = "${TUNE_ARCH}${PPCPKGSFX_FPU}"
-TUNE_PKGARCH ?= "${PPCPKGARCH}"
+PPCPKGSFX_FPU = "${@['', '-nf'][d.getVar('TARGET_FPU',d,1) in ['fpu-soft']]}"
+TUNE_PKGARCH_append = "${PPCPKGSFX_FPU}"