diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
index 135bb60..a609944 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
@@ -46,9 +46,13 @@ fakeroot rootfs_ipk_do_rootfs () {
 	for i in ${BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS}; do
 		pkginfo="`opkg-cl ${OPKG_ARGS} info $i`"
 		if [ ! -z "$pkginfo" ]; then
-			echo "$pkginfo" | grep -e '^Package:' -e '^Architecture:' -e '^Version:' >> $STATUS
-			echo "Status: deinstall hold not-installed" >> $STATUS
-			echo >> $STATUS
+			# Take just the first package stanza as otherwise only
+			# the last one will have the right Status line.
+			echo "$pkginfo" | awk "/^Package:/ { print } \
+                        		       /^Architecture:/ { print } \
+                        		       /^Version:/ { print } \
+                        		       /^$/ { exit } \
+                        		       END { print \"Status: deinstall hold not-installed\n\" }" - >> $STATUS
 		else
 			echo "Requested ignored recommendation $i is not a package"
 		fi