diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez4.inc b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez4.inc
index b540622cb1..e4f6834d42 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez4.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez/bluez4.inc
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "\
   --with-udevrulesdir=`pkg-config --variable=udevdir udev`/rules.d \
 "
 
+EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD = "1"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez5/bluez5.inc b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez5/bluez5.inc
index e5cb9e8ba7..2e25d86e55 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez5/bluez5.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez5/bluez5.inc
@@ -82,3 +82,5 @@ FILES_${PN}-dbg += "\
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-testtools += "python python-dbus python-pygobject"
 
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} = "bluetooth.service"
+
+EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD = "1"