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+# Copyright (C) 2025, Digi International Inc.
+
+# Remove addons packagegroup to reduce SDK size and remove spurious
+# dependencies
+RDEPENDS:${PN}:remove:dey = "nativesdk-packagegroup-qt6-toolchain-host-addons"