diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-panel/gnome-panel3_3.0.2.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-panel/gnome-panel3_3.0.2.bb
index bd21ca11bd..3aadd2b24d 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-panel/gnome-panel3_3.0.2.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-panel/gnome-panel3_3.0.2.bb
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ LICENSE = "GPLv2 & LGPLv2 & GFDLv1.1"
 BPN = "gnome-panel"
 PR = "r1"
 
+# conflicts with gnome-panel, because they provide the same package
+# http://patches.openembedded.org/patch/43105/
+EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD = "1"
 DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263 \