diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey-gui.conf b/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey-gui.conf
index 4ad19d5ee..fed34e037 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey-gui.conf
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey-gui.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 include dey.conf
 
 DISTRO_FEATURES += "x11"
+
+# Disable network manager (included in packagegroup-core-x11-sato)
+NETWORK_MANAGER = ""
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-sato/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-x11-sato.bbappend b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-sato/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-x11-sato.bbappend
deleted file mode 100644
index 900ac0297..000000000
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-sato/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-x11-sato.bbappend
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2013 Digi International.
-
-PRINC := "${@int(PRINC) + 1}"
-PR_append = "+${DISTRO}"
-
-NETWORK_MANAGER = ""
-