diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc
index 6bfef37..8be3b74 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc
@@ -147,5 +147,6 @@
 # compressed to the root filesystem, and probably doesn't
 # make sense on a BMC anyway.
 BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS_pn-obmc-phosphor-image = "udev-hwdb"
+BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS_pn-obmc-phosphor-image += "shared-mime-info"
 
 LAYER_CONF_VERSION ?= "8"