diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-core/packagegroup/nativesdk-packagegroup-sdk-host.bbappend b/meta-digi-arm/recipes-core/packagegroup/nativesdk-packagegroup-sdk-host.bbappend
index 0252e6330..1df3246f1 100644
--- a/meta-digi-arm/recipes-core/packagegroup/nativesdk-packagegroup-sdk-host.bbappend
+++ b/meta-digi-arm/recipes-core/packagegroup/nativesdk-packagegroup-sdk-host.bbappend
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2016-2023, Digi International Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2016-2025, Digi International Inc.
 
-IMX_OPTEE_SDK_RDEPENDS ?= " \
-    nativesdk-python3-cryptography \
-    nativesdk-python3-pyelftools \
-"
+IMX_OPTEE_SDK_RDEPENDS ?= "${@bb.utils.contains('MACHINE_FEATURES', 'optee', \
+					        'nativesdk-python3-cryptography nativesdk-python3-pyelftools', \
+					        '', d)}"
 
 IMX_TRUSTFENCE_SDK_TOOLS ?= " \
     nativesdk-trustfence-cst \