diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-smbus.inc b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-smbus.inc
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ba1ab2b82..0000000000
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-smbus.inc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-SUMMARY = "Set of i2c tools for linux - Python module"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://smbusmodule.c;beginline=1;endline=18;md5=46e424fb045901ab25e0f92c28c80055"
-PR = "r1"
-
-SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/software/utils/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-${PV}.tar.gz "
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "3536237a6b51fb10caacdc3b8a496237"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ef8f77afc70e7dbfd1171bfeae87a8a7f10074829370ce8d9ccd585a014e0073"
-
-DEPENDS += "i2c-tools"
-
-S = "${WORKDIR}/i2c-tools-${PV}/py-smbus/"
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-smbus_4.1.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-smbus_4.1.bb
index b357bcd822..1be77393b2 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-smbus_4.1.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-smbus_4.1.bb
@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
+SUMMARY = "Set of i2c tools for linux - Python module"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://smbusmodule.c;beginline=1;endline=18;md5=46e424fb045901ab25e0f92c28c80055"
+PR = "r1"
+
+SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/software/utils/i2c-tools/i2c-tools-${PV}.tar.gz "
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "3536237a6b51fb10caacdc3b8a496237"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ef8f77afc70e7dbfd1171bfeae87a8a7f10074829370ce8d9ccd585a014e0073"
+
+DEPENDS += "i2c-tools"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/i2c-tools-${PV}/py-smbus/"
 inherit distutils3
-require python-smbus.inc