diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-bluetooth/gnome-bluetooth_3.34.5.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-bluetooth/gnome-bluetooth_3.34.5.bb
index 57fe74495d..7b74c76f92 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-bluetooth/gnome-bluetooth_3.34.5.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-bluetooth/gnome-bluetooth_3.34.5.bb
@@ -22,4 +22,13 @@ SRC_URI += " file://0001-build-Fix-build-for-newer-versions-of-meson.patch"
 SRC_URI[archive.md5sum] = "d83faa54abaf64bb40b5313bc233e74e"
 SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "6c949e52c8becc2054daacd604901f66ce5cf709a5fa91c4bb7cacc939b53ea9"
 
+# avoid clashes with gnome-bluetooth4
+do_install:append() {
+    # just bluetooth-sendto / bluetooth-sendto.desktop only
+    rm -rf ${D}${bindir}
+    rm -rf ${D}${datadir}/applications
+}
+# offer alternate bluetooth-sendto
+RRECOMMENS:${PN} += "gnome-bluetooth4"
+
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "bluez5"