diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf
index b9a73748c1..359a138949 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_atk ?= "1.10.3"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_cairo ?= "1.2.4"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_pango ?= "1.10.2"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_gtk+ ?= "2.6.8"
-PREFERRED_VERSION_gtk-engines ?= "2.6"
 
 PREFERRED_VERSION_dbus ?= "1.0.1"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_dbus-native ?= "1.0.1"
@@ -240,6 +239,8 @@ EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD_pn-empathy = "1"
 EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD_pn-ipkg-utils = "1"
 # Needs gcc 3.x
 EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD_pn-qemu = "1"
+# only compatible with poky-bleeding (needs gtk+ 2.10)
+EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD_pn-gtk-engines = "1"
 # temporary
 EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD_pn-lirc = "1"
 EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD_pn-lirc-modules = "1"