diff --git a/meta-oniro-core/recipes-support/db/db_%.bbappend b/meta-oniro-core/recipes-support/db/db_%.bbappend
index c38efbbdb0675cf6b08cdcd70a2ba15f5027bb19..9a2f593fabda4c1e881cbdca383e519b64e7c120 100644
--- a/meta-oniro-core/recipes-support/db/db_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-oniro-core/recipes-support/db/db_%.bbappend
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 # -Werror=format-nonliteral globally in OPTIMIZE_FOR=security mode
 # while keeping db building.
 
-TARGET_CFLAGS_remove = "-Werror=format-nonliteral"
+TARGET_CFLAGS:remove = "-Werror=format-nonliteral"