diff --git a/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-host-start.bbappend b/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-host-start.bbappend
index a698b06..423a9e4 100644
--- a/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-host-start.bbappend
+++ b/meta-witherspoon/recipes-phosphor/host/p9-host-start.bbappend
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 RDEPENDS_${PN}_append_mihawk = " avsbus-control"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}_append_mihawk = " vrm-control"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}_remove_mihawk = "p9-vcs-workaround"
+RDEPENDS_${PN}_remove_rainier = "p9-vcs-workaround"