diff --git a/meta-hpe/conf/machine/include/hpe.inc b/meta-hpe/conf/machine/include/hpe.inc
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+OBMC_MACHINE_FEATURES += "\
+        obmc-phosphor-fan-mgmt \
+        obmc-phosphor-chassis-mgmt \
+        obmc-phosphor-flash-mgmt \
+        obmc-host-ipmi \
+        obmc-host-state-mgmt \
+        obmc-chassis-state-mgmt \
+        obmc-bmc-state-mgmt \
+        "
+
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/obmc-host-ipmi-hw = "phosphor-ipmi-kcs"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/obmc-chassis-mgmt = "packagegroup-hpe-apps"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/obmc-fan-mgmt = "packagegroup-hpe-apps"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/obmc-flash-mgmt = "packagegroup-hpe-apps"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/obmc-system-mgmt = "packagegroup-hpe-apps"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/obmc-host-ctl ?= ""
+#PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/phosphor-ipmi-fru-hostfw-config ?= "hostboot-inventory-config-native"
+
+IMAGE_FEATURES_remove = "obmc-fan-control"