diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo_git.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo_git.bb
index d15eb155d1..2b9fe70a93 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo_git.bb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ SRCREV = "5434325fc887817ebb2bad36313d8277992cef1d"
 PV = "1.0+git${SRCPV}"
 PR = "r18"
 
+DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
+
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/wrpseudo/pseudo.git;protocol=git \
            file://static_sqlite.patch"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-theme-sato/matchbox-theme-sato_svn.bb b/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-theme-sato/matchbox-theme-sato_svn.bb
index bb610b5f74..776d802c4e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-theme-sato/matchbox-theme-sato_svn.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-sato/matchbox-theme-sato/matchbox-theme-sato_svn.bb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ SRCREV = "90"
 PV = "0.1+svnr${SRCPV}"
 PR = "r0"
 
+DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
+
 SRC_URI = "svn://svn.o-hand.com/repos/sato/trunk;module=matchbox-sato;proto=http"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += "${@base_contains('MACHINE_FEATURES', 'qvga', '--with-mode=qvga', '',d)}"