diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-initial.inc b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-initial.inc
index f94603c28c..b86e2fb2db 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-initial.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-initial.inc
@@ -52,3 +52,6 @@ do_siteconfig () {
 }
 
 inherit nopackages
+
+# We really only want this built by things that need it, not any recrdeptask
+deltask do_build
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-initial.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-initial.inc
index 5c0208a3fa..d440d88e53 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-initial.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-initial.inc
@@ -82,3 +82,7 @@ do_populate_sysroot[sstate-outputdirs] = "${STAGING_DIR}-components/${PACKAGE_AR
 inherit nopackages
 
 COMPILERINITIAL = "-initial"
+
+
+# We really only want this built by things that need it, not any recrdeptask
+deltask do_build
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/libgcc-initial.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/libgcc-initial.inc
index 5b4bc3b5a9..950ad861e7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/libgcc-initial.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/libgcc-initial.inc
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ EXTRA_OECONF += "--disable-shared"
 COMPILERINITIAL = "-initial"
 
 inherit nopackages
+
+# We really only want this built by things that need it, not any recrdeptask
+deltask do_build