diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.9.4.bb b/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.9.4.bb
index 3b081dd2fe..4de88d39a4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.9.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.9.4.bb
@@ -41,16 +41,16 @@ BINCONFIG = "${bindir}/xml2-config"
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "python \
     ${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ipv6', d)} \
 "
-PACKAGECONFIG[python] = "--with-python=${PYTHON},--without-python,python"
+PACKAGECONFIG[python] = "--with-python=${PYTHON},--without-python,python3"
 PACKAGECONFIG[ipv6] = "--enable-ipv6,--disable-ipv6,"
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig binconfig-disabled ptest
 
-inherit ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python', 'pythonnative', '', d)}
+inherit ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python', 'python3native', '', d)}
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-ptest += "make ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python', 'python-core', '', d)}"
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-ptest += "make ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python', 'python3-core', '', d)}"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-python += "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python', 'python-core', '', d)}"
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-python += "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python', 'python3-core', '', d)}"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-ptest_append_libc-glibc = " glibc-gconv-ebcdic-us glibc-gconv-ibm1141"