diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/git/git.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/git/git.inc
index a1d0300be7..7b3bec7fda 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/git/git.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/git/git.inc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-perl=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/perl-native/perl \
 		--without-tcltk \
 "
 
+# Needs brokensep as this doesn't use automake
 inherit autotools-brokensep perlnative bash-completion
 
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = "NO_PYTHON=1 CFLAGS='${CFLAGS}' LDFLAGS='${LDFLAGS}'"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sysstat/sysstat.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/sysstat/sysstat.inc
index c353291935..bb5629db4c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sysstat/sysstat.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sysstat/sysstat.inc
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)\.tar"
 
 DEPENDS += "base-passwd"
 
+# autotools-brokensep as this package doesn't use automake
 inherit autotools-brokensep gettext systemd
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--disable-sensors"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/xdg-utils/xdg-utils_1.1.1.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/xdg-utils/xdg-utils_1.1.1.bb
index c1472cf97c..5007498bb0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/xdg-utils/xdg-utils_1.1.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/xdg-utils/xdg-utils_1.1.1.bb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "b0dd63a2576e0bb16f1aa78d6ddf7d6784784a098d4df17161cd6a17c7
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "xdg-utils-(?P<pver>((\d+[\.\-_]*)+)((rc|alpha|beta)\d+)?)\.(tar\.gz|tgz)"
 
+# Needs brokensep as this doesn't use automake
 inherit autotools-brokensep distro_features_check
 
 # The xprop requires x11 in DISTRO_FEATURES