diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/j784s4.inc b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/j784s4.inc
index 4dc3a71b..e0ce81b5 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/j784s4.inc
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/include/j784s4.inc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ TFA_BOARD = "j784s4"
 
 OPTEEMACHINE = "k3-j784s4"
 
-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "cadence-mhdp-fw cnm-wave-fw ti-eth-fw-j784s4"
+MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "cadence-mhdp-fw cnm-wave-fw"
 
 TI_CORE_INITRAMFS_KERNEL_MODULES = "kernel-module-cdns-pltfrm kernel-module-ti-j721e-ufs"
 TI_CORE_INITRAMFS_KERNEL_MODULES:bsp-ti-6_6 = ""
diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/j784s4-evm.conf b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/j784s4-evm.conf
index bf53b07c..f80e030f 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/j784s4-evm.conf
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/j784s4-evm.conf
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ KERNEL_DEVICETREE = " \
 "
 
 UBOOT_MACHINE = "j784s4_evm_a72_defconfig"
+
+MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS:append = " ti-eth-fw-j784s4"