diff --git a/includes-ros2/variants/ros-core.inc b/includes-ros2/variants/ros-core.inc
index 3dfa313..97373c5 100644
--- a/includes-ros2/variants/ros-core.inc
+++ b/includes-ros2/variants/ros-core.inc
@@ -4,3 +4,16 @@
 ROS_EXEC_DEPENDS += " \
     ros-workspace \
 "
+
+# core-* OE images do not support development.
+ROS_EXEC_DEPENDS_remove = "ament-cmake"
+ROS_EXEC_DEPENDS_remove = "ament-cmake-auto"
+ROS_EXEC_DEPENDS_remove = "ament-cmake-gmock"
+ROS_EXEC_DEPENDS_remove = "ament-cmake-gtest"
+ROS_EXEC_DEPENDS_remove = "ament-cmake-pytest"
+ROS_EXEC_DEPENDS_remove = "ament-cmake-ros"
+ROS_EXEC_DEPENDS_remove = "ament-index-cpp"
+ROS_EXEC_DEPENDS_remove = "ament-index-python"
+ROS_EXEC_DEPENDS_remove = "ament-lint-auto"
+ROS_EXEC_DEPENDS_remove = "ament-lint-common"
+ROS_EXEC_DEPENDS_remove = "rosidl-default-generators"