diff --git a/conf/ros-distro/ros-distro.conf b/conf/ros-distro/ros-distro.conf
index 9ed7db5..f542d5d 100644
--- a/conf/ros-distro/ros-distro.conf
+++ b/conf/ros-distro/ros-distro.conf
@@ -112,5 +112,8 @@ BBMASK += "${@'recipes-core/images/core-image-ros-.*' \
               '' \
             }"
 
+# Ignore metadata that requires meta-webos if it's not present.
+BBMASK += "${@bb.utils.contains('BBFILE_COLLECTIONS', 'meta-webos', '', 'recipes-core/images/webos-.*', d)}"
+
 # Optionally include fixups for foreign DISTRO-s.
 include conf/ros-distro/include/${DISTRO}-compat.inc