diff --git a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/digi-defaults.inc b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/digi-defaults.inc
index b87be5f71..ef5510c4c 100644
--- a/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/digi-defaults.inc
+++ b/meta-digi-arm/conf/machine/include/digi-defaults.inc
@@ -14,5 +14,3 @@ IMAGE_CLASSES = "image_types_digi"
 
 # Do not enable console on VT (see sysvinit-inittab recipe)
 USE_VT = "0"
-
-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "kernel-module-gpio"
diff --git a/meta-digi-del/recipes-digi/del-examples/del-examples-gpio.bb b/meta-digi-del/recipes-digi/del-examples/del-examples-gpio.bb
index 343eaf688..ac6a08d9c 100644
--- a/meta-digi-del/recipes-digi/del-examples/del-examples-gpio.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-del/recipes-digi/del-examples/del-examples-gpio.bb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/GPL-2.0;md5=801f80980d171dd6425
 
 PR = "r0"
 
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "kernel-module-gpio"
+
 SRC_URI = "file://gpio_test"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/gpio_test"