diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-kernel/wireguard/wireguard-module_1.0.20200712.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-kernel/wireguard/wireguard-module_1.0.20200712.bb
index bc94e29..3a83e48 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-kernel/wireguard/wireguard-module_1.0.20200712.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-kernel/wireguard/wireguard-module_1.0.20200712.bb
@@ -33,3 +33,8 @@
     install -m 0644 ${MODULE_NAME}.ko \
     ${D}${nonarch_base_libdir}/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}/kernel/${MODULE_NAME}/${MODULE_NAME}.ko
 }
+
+# WireGuard has been merged into Linux kernel >= 5.6 and therefore this compatibility module is no longer required.
+# OE-core post dunfell has moved to use kernel 5.8 which now means we cant build this module in world builds
+# for reference machines e.g. qemu
+EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD = "1"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-kernel/wireguard/wireguard-tools_1.0.20200513.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-kernel/wireguard/wireguard-tools_1.0.20200513.bb
index c24e343..31b33a0 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-kernel/wireguard/wireguard-tools_1.0.20200513.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-kernel/wireguard/wireguard-tools_1.0.20200513.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 inherit bash-completion systemd pkgconfig
 
-DEPENDS += "wireguard-module libmnl"
+DEPENDS += "libmnl"
 
 do_install () {
     oe_runmake DESTDIR="${D}" PREFIX="${prefix}" SYSCONFDIR="${sysconfdir}" \
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@
     ${bindir} \
 "
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "wireguard-module bash"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "bash"
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "kernel-module-wireguard"