diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+.inc b/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+.inc
index 853c05946d..9e2523a200 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/gtk+/gtk+.inc
@@ -36,15 +36,11 @@ FILES_${PN}-dbg += " \
 	${libdir}/gtk-2.0/${LIBV}/engines/.debug/* \
 	${libdir}/gtk-2.0/${LIBV}/printbackends/.debug/*"
 
-BASE_RRECOMMENDS = "ttf-dejavu-sans"
-BASE_RRECOMMENDS_angstrom = "ttf-dejavu-sans gdk-pixbuf-loader-png gdk-pixbuf-loader-jpeg gdk-pixbuf-loader-gif gdk-pixbuf-loader-xpm"
-BASE_RRECOMMENDS_poky = "gdk-pixbuf-loader-png gdk-pixbuf-loader-jpeg gdk-pixbuf-loader-gif gdk-pixbuf-loader-xpm shared-mime-info"
+GTKBASE_RRECOMMENDS ?= "liberation-fonts gdk-pixbuf-loader-png gdk-pixbuf-loader-jpeg gdk-pixbuf-loader-gif gdk-pixbuf-loader-xpm shared-mime-info"
+GTKGLIBC_RRECOMMENDS ?= "${GTKBASE_RRECOMMENDS} glibc-gconv-iso8859-1"
 
-GLIBC_RRECOMMENDS= "${BASE_RRECOMMENDS} glibc-gconv-iso8859-1"
-
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "${BASE_RRECOMMENDS}"
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN}_linux = "${GLIBC_RRECOMMENDS}"
-RRECOMMENDS_${PN}_linux-gnueabi = "${GLIBC_RRECOMMENDS}"
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "${GTKBASE_RRECOMMENDS}"
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN}_libc-glibc = "${GTKGLIBC_RRECOMMENDS}"
 
 do_install () {
 	autotools_do_install