diff --git a/meta-ibm/conf/machine/witherspoon.conf b/meta-ibm/conf/machine/witherspoon.conf
index 42844c1..e719922 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/conf/machine/witherspoon.conf
+++ b/meta-ibm/conf/machine/witherspoon.conf
@@ -32,3 +32,5 @@
 # Inhibit phosphor-fan-control-fan-config-mrw-native
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-fan-control-fan-config:df-mrw = \
     "phosphor-fan-control-fan-config"
+
+IMAGE_FEATURES:remove = "obmc-ikvm"