diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal-initramfs.bb b/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal-initramfs.bb
index 7f6826ceb1..6de24b3211 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal-initramfs.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/images/core-image-minimal-initramfs.bb
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ IMAGE_FSTYPES = "${INITRAMFS_FSTYPES}"
 inherit core-image
 
 IMAGE_ROOTFS_SIZE = "8192"
+
+BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS += "busybox-syslog"