diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/pkgconf/pkgconf/pkg-config-native.in b/meta/recipes-devtools/pkgconf/pkgconf/pkg-config-native.in
index fd5ab6b1fa..0d736fe4d4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/pkgconf/pkgconf/pkg-config-native.in
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/pkgconf/pkgconf/pkg-config-native.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
-PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$EXTRA_NATIVE_PKGCONFIG_PATH@PATH_NATIVE@"
+PKG_CONFIG_PATH="@PATH_NATIVE@$EXTRA_NATIVE_PKGCONFIG_PATH"
 unset PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR
 
 pkg-config "$@"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/pkgconfig/pkgconfig/pkg-config-native.in b/meta/recipes-devtools/pkgconfig/pkgconfig/pkg-config-native.in
index d4bb4f8c06..8addefbb80 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/pkgconfig/pkgconfig/pkg-config-native.in
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/pkgconfig/pkgconfig/pkg-config-native.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
-export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$EXTRA_NATIVE_PKGCONFIG_PATH@PATH_NATIVE@"
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="@PATH_NATIVE@$EXTRA_NATIVE_PKGCONFIG_PATH"
 export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="@LIBDIR_NATIVE@"
 unset PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/librsvg/librsvg_2.59.2.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/librsvg/librsvg_2.59.2.bb
index 7718f2bb48..983fc75eed 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/librsvg/librsvg_2.59.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/librsvg/librsvg_2.59.2.bb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "librsvg-(?P<pver>\d+\.\d+\.(?!9\d+)\d+)"
 # for cargo to be happy
 BASEDEPENDS:append = " cargo-native"
 
-export EXTRA_NATIVE_PKGCONFIG_PATH = "${B}/meson-uninstalled:"
+export EXTRA_NATIVE_PKGCONFIG_PATH = ":${B}/meson-uninstalled"
 export RUST_BACKTRACE = "full"
 export RUSTFLAGS