diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc
index 1de312f..d7e51c0 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@
 BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS += "udev-hwdb"
 BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS += "shared-mime-info"
 
+# e2fsprogs isn't needed on a BMC without MMC, where it gets explicitly added
+BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS += "e2fsprogs-e2fsck"
+
 LAYER_CONF_VERSION ?= "8"
 
 KERNEL_CLASSES:append = " obmc-phosphor-kernel-version"