diff --git a/scripts/oe-pkgdata-util b/scripts/oe-pkgdata-util
index 71656dadce..7412cc1f47 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-pkgdata-util
+++ b/scripts/oe-pkgdata-util
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ def package_info(args):
             extra = ''
             for line in f:
                 for var in vars:
-                    m = re.match(var + '(?:_\S+)?:\s*(.+?)\s*$', line)
+                    m = re.match(var + '(?::\S+)?:\s*(.+?)\s*$', line)
                     if m:
                         vals[var] = m.group(1)
             pkg_version = vals['PKGV'] or ''