diff --git a/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bbappend b/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bbappend
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..da282744e2583b6973bdcb34cf2e2d1606550e9c
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+++ b/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+RRECOMMENDS:packagegroup-base-vfat:remove:nogplv3 = "dosfstools"
+
+RRECOMMENDS:packagegroup-base-ext2:remove:nogplv3 = "hdparm"