diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-matplotlib_3.5.1.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-matplotlib_3.5.1.bb
index f9eb79ff1c..f8448d5f1d 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-matplotlib_3.5.1.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-matplotlib_3.5.1.bb
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} = "\
     ${PYTHON_PN}-pytz \
 "
 
-ENABLELTO:toolchain-clang:riscv64 = "echo enable_lto = False >> ${S}/setup.cfg"
-ENABLELTO:toolchain-clang:riscv32 = "echo enable_lto = False >> ${S}/setup.cfg"
-ENABLELTO:toolchain-clang:mips = "echo enable_lto = False >> ${S}/setup.cfg"
+ENABLELTO:toolchain-clang:riscv64 = "echo enable_lto = False >> ${S}/mplsetup.cfg"
+ENABLELTO:toolchain-clang:riscv32 = "echo enable_lto = False >> ${S}/mplsetup.cfg"
+ENABLELTO:toolchain-clang:mips = "echo enable_lto = False >> ${S}/mplsetup.cfg"
 do_compile:prepend() {
-    echo [libs] > ${S}/setup.cfg
-    echo system_freetype = true >> ${S}/setup.cfg
+    echo [libs] > ${S}/mplsetup.cfg
+    echo system_freetype = True >> ${S}/mplsetup.cfg
     ${ENABLELTO}
 }