diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
index 671daf89ec..01cdf132da 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ shell_do_install() {
 
         # include some basic terminfo files
         # stolen ;) from gentoo and modified a bit
-        for x in ansi console dumb linux rxvt screen sun vt{52,100,102,200,220} xterm-color xterm-xfree86 xterm-256color
+        for x in ansi console dumb linux rxvt screen sun vt52 vt100 vt102 vt200 vt220 xterm-color xterm-xfree86 xterm-256color
         do
                 local termfile="$(find "${D}${datadir}/terminfo/" -name "${x}" 2>/dev/null)"
                 local basedir="$(basename $(dirname "${termfile}"))"