diff --git a/meta/classes-global/sstate.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/sstate.bbclass
index 76a7b59636..93df5fa9e6 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/sstate.bbclass
@@ -161,7 +161,10 @@ python () {
     d.setVar('SSTATETASKS', " ".join(unique_tasks))
     for task in unique_tasks:
         d.prependVarFlag(task, 'prefuncs', "sstate_task_prefunc ")
-        d.appendVarFlag(task, 'postfuncs', " sstate_task_postfunc")
+        # Generally sstate should be last, execpt for buildhistory functions
+        postfuncs = (d.getVarFlag(task, 'postfuncs') or "").split()
+        newpostfuncs = [p for p in postfuncs if "buildhistory" not in p] + ["sstate_task_postfunc"] + [p for p in postfuncs if "buildhistory" in p]
+        d.setVarFlag(task, 'postfuncs', " ".join(newpostfuncs))
         d.setVarFlag(task, 'network', '1')
         d.setVarFlag(task + "_setscene", 'network', '1')
 }
diff --git a/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass b/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
index 08970aafea..0b1bd518fe 100644
--- a/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
@@ -47,11 +47,18 @@ BUILDHISTORY_PUSH_REPO ?= ""
 BUILDHISTORY_TAG ?= "build"
 BUILDHISTORY_PATH_PREFIX_STRIP ?= ""
 
-SSTATEPOSTINSTFUNCS:append = " buildhistory_emit_pkghistory"
-# We want to avoid influencing the signatures of sstate tasks - first the function itself:
-sstate_install[vardepsexclude] += "buildhistory_emit_pkghistory"
-# then the value added to SSTATEPOSTINSTFUNCS:
-SSTATEPOSTINSTFUNCS[vardepvalueexclude] .= "| buildhistory_emit_pkghistory"
+# We want to avoid influencing the signatures of the task so use vardepsexclude
+do_populate_sysroot[postfuncs] += "buildhistory_emit_sysroot"
+do_populate_sysroot_setscene[postfuncs] += "buildhistory_emit_sysroot"
+do_populate_sysroot[vardepsexclude] += "buildhistory_emit_sysroot"
+
+do_package[postfuncs] += "buildhistory_list_pkg_files"
+do_package_setscene[postfuncs] += "buildhistory_list_pkg_files"
+do_package[vardepsexclude] += "buildhistory_list_pkg_files"
+
+do_packagedata[postfuncs] += "buildhistory_emit_pkghistory"
+do_packagedata_setscene[postfuncs] += "buildhistory_emit_pkghistory"
+do_packagedata[vardepsexclude] += "buildhistory_emit_pkghistory"
 
 # Similarly for our function that gets the output signatures
 SSTATEPOSTUNPACKFUNCS:append = " buildhistory_emit_outputsigs"
@@ -91,27 +98,15 @@ buildhistory_emit_sysroot() {
 # Write out metadata about this package for comparison when writing future packages
 #
 python buildhistory_emit_pkghistory() {
-    if d.getVar('BB_CURRENTTASK') in ['populate_sysroot', 'populate_sysroot_setscene']:
-        bb.build.exec_func("buildhistory_emit_sysroot", d)
-        return 0
-
-    if not "package" in (d.getVar('BUILDHISTORY_FEATURES') or "").split():
-        return 0
-
-    if d.getVar('BB_CURRENTTASK') in ['package', 'package_setscene']:
-        # Create files-in-<package-name>.txt files containing a list of files of each recipe's package
-        bb.build.exec_func("buildhistory_list_pkg_files", d)
-        return 0
-
-    if not d.getVar('BB_CURRENTTASK') in ['packagedata', 'packagedata_setscene']:
-        return 0
-
     import re
     import json
     import shlex
     import errno
     import shutil
 
+    if not "package" in (d.getVar('BUILDHISTORY_FEATURES') or "").split():
+        return 0
+
     pkghistdir = d.getVar('BUILDHISTORY_DIR_PACKAGE')
     oldpkghistdir = d.getVar('BUILDHISTORY_OLD_DIR_PACKAGE')
 
@@ -621,6 +616,10 @@ buildhistory_list_files_no_owners() {
 }
 
 buildhistory_list_pkg_files() {
+	if [ "${@bb.utils.contains('BUILDHISTORY_FEATURES', 'package', '1', '0', d)}" = "0" ] ; then
+		return
+	fi
+
 	# Create individual files-in-package for each recipe's package
 	pkgdirlist=$(find ${PKGDEST}/* -maxdepth 0 -type d)
 	for pkgdir in $pkgdirlist; do