diff --git a/meta-facebook/meta-bletchley/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_%.bbappend b/meta-facebook/meta-bletchley/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_%.bbappend
index fd303a0..82bd0b4 100644
--- a/meta-facebook/meta-bletchley/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-facebook/meta-bletchley/recipes-phosphor/ipmi/phosphor-ipmi-host_%.bbappend
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
 EXTRA_OECONF:bletchley = " \
     FRU_YAML_GEN=${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${datadir}/bletchley-yaml-config/ipmi-fru-read.yaml \
     "
+
+# host watchdog does not support on bletchley
+RDEPENDS:${PN}:remove:bletchley = "virtual/obmc-watchdog"