diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/gbmc-ncsi-br-pub-addr.sh.in b/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/gbmc-ncsi-br-pub-addr.sh.in
index 78af419..ce53b8e 100644
--- a/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/gbmc-ncsi-br-pub-addr.sh.in
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/gbmc-ncsi-br-pub-addr.sh.in
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@
     gbmc_ncsi_br_pub_addr_init=1
     gbmc_ncsi_br_pub_addr_update
   elif [ "$change" = 'addr' -a "$intf" = '@NCSI_IF@' ] &&
-     [ "$scope" = 'global' -a "$fam" = 'inet6' ]; then
+     [ "$scope" = 'global' -a "$fam" = 'inet6' ] &&
+     [[ "$flags" != *deprecated* ]]; then
     if [ "$action" = 'add' -a "$ip" != "$gbmc_ncsi_br_pub_addr_lastip" ]; then
       gbmc_ncsi_br_pub_addr_lastip="$ip"
       gbmc_ncsi_br_pub_addr_update
diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/gbmc-ncsi-nft.sh.in b/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/gbmc-ncsi-nft.sh.in
index fc8e819..7a630f5 100644
--- a/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/gbmc-ncsi-nft.sh.in
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/files/gbmc-ncsi-nft.sh.in
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
   if [ "$change" = 'init' ]; then
     gbmc_ncsi_nft_init=1
     gbmc_ncsi_nft_update
-  elif [ "$change" = 'addr' -a "$intf" = '@NCSI_IF@' -a "$scope" = 'global' ]; then
+  elif [ "$change" = 'addr' -a "$intf" = '@NCSI_IF@' -a "$scope" = 'global' ] &&
+     [[ "$flags" != *deprecated* ]]; then
     if [ "$fam" = 'inet6' ]; then
       local -n lastip='gbmc_ncsi_nft_lastip6'
     else