1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb
index 6c8c978253..c882e15266 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb
@@ -157,11 +157,13 @@ RDEPENDS_packagegroup-base-apm = "\
 
 SUMMARY_packagegroup-base-ext2 = "ext2 filesystem support"
 RDEPENDS_packagegroup-base-ext2 = "\
-    hdparm \
-    e2fsprogs \
     e2fsprogs-e2fsck \
     e2fsprogs-mke2fs"
 
+RRECOMMENDS_packagegroup-base-ext2 = "\
+    hdparm \
+    e2fsprogs"
+
 SUMMARY_packagegroup-base-vfat = "FAT filesystem support"
 RRECOMMENDS_packagegroup-base-vfat = "\
     kernel-module-msdos \