diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf
index 38de9af836..97b4fec86d 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ SRCREV_pn-oh-puzzles ?= "22"
 SRCREV_pn-libowl ?= "277"
 SRCDATE_libxcalibrate ?= "20070607"
 SRCDATE_calibrateproto ?= "20070607"
-SRCDATE_hal-info ?= "20070727"
 SRCREV_ohm ?= "f4908f9a2508e79a1e58fb6c08f602f4cbccb97d"
 SRCDATE_gtk-theme-torturer ?= "20070529"
 SRCREV_pn-libsyncml ?= "241"
@@ -201,6 +200,7 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_xst ?= "0.15"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_oprofile ?= "0.9.3"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_elfutils ?= "0.89"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_hal ?= "0.5.9.1"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_hal-info ?= "20070831"
 
 require conf/distro/include/preferred-xorg-versions.inc