diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py
index 0252efdfef..3d5f1c8609 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ class BuildInfoHelper(object):
 
             recipe_info = {}
             recipe_info['name'] = pn
-            recipe_info['version'] = event._depgraph['pn'][pn]['version']
+            recipe_info['version'] = event._depgraph['pn'][pn]['version'].lstrip(":")
             recipe_info['layer_version'] = layer_version_obj
             recipe_info['summary'] = event._depgraph['pn'][pn]['summary']
             recipe_info['license'] = event._depgraph['pn'][pn]['license']