diff --git a/recipes-support/boost/boost_%.bbappend b/recipes-support/boost/boost_%.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ec17f551c560838a93d0992ee3a0e4cb75401fec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-support/boost/boost_%.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PACKAGECONFIG_append = " python"
diff --git a/recipes-support/boost/boost_1.54.0.bbappend b/recipes-support/boost/boost_1.54.0.bbappend
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-PACKAGECONFIG ?= "python"