diff --git a/meta-barreleye/conf/machine/barreleye.conf b/meta-barreleye/conf/machine/barreleye.conf
index 84aeb50..2d16c2e 100644
--- a/meta-barreleye/conf/machine/barreleye.conf
+++ b/meta-barreleye/conf/machine/barreleye.conf
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@
 
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-ipmi-fru-inventory = "barreleye-ipmi-inventory-map-native"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-led-manager-config-native = "barreleye-led-manager-config-native"
+
+# Package exclusions - Exclude packages included by default in the common image
+IMAGE_INSTALL_remove = "packagegroup-obmc-apps-extrasdev"