diff --git a/meta-nicole/conf/machine/nicole.conf b/meta-nicole/conf/machine/nicole.conf
index 98c17ef..d815ef3 100644
--- a/meta-nicole/conf/machine/nicole.conf
+++ b/meta-nicole/conf/machine/nicole.conf
@@ -14,5 +14,3 @@
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/openpower-fru-inventory = "nicole-openpower-fru-inventory-native"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/openpower-fru-properties = "nicole-openpower-fru-properties-native"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-led-manager-config-native = "nicole-led-manager-config-native"
-
-DISTRO_FEATURES_DEFAULT_remove = " ldap"
diff --git a/meta-nicole/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image.bbappend b/meta-nicole/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image.bbappend
index b538c5f..75dc139 100644
--- a/meta-nicole/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image.bbappend
+++ b/meta-nicole/recipes-phosphor/images/obmc-phosphor-image.bbappend
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
     obmc-yadro-cli \
     openpower-fru-vpd \
 "
+IMAGE_FEATURES_remove_nicole = "obmc-user-mgmt-ldap"