diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
index 4a19bb5809..79c825ee5b 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-oe.bb
@@ -718,7 +718,6 @@ RDEPENDS:packagegroup-meta-oe-support = "\
     ${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "polkit gobject-introspection-data", "colord", "", d)} \
     consolation \
     c-periphery \
-    cpprest \
     ctapi-common \
     daemonize \
     daemontools \
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/cpprest/cpprest_2.10.19.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/cpprest/cpprest_2.10.19.bb
index aec7286404..4085e61c3b 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/cpprest/cpprest_2.10.19.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/cpprest/cpprest_2.10.19.bb
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ SRCREV= "411a109150b270f23c8c97fa4ec9a0a4a98cdecf"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 inherit cmake pkgconfig
+
+SKIP_RECIPE[cpprest] ?= "Needs websocketpp which does not yet work with boost >= 1.87"