diff --git a/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_4.6.0.imx.bb b/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_4.6.0.imx.bb
index 6d13d107..3b455534 100644
--- a/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_4.6.0.imx.bb
+++ b/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_4.6.0.imx.bb
@@ -302,10 +302,12 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE:append = " -DBUILD_opencv_cvv=OFF"
 
 do_install:append() {
     ln -sf opencv4/opencv2 ${D}${includedir}/opencv2
-    install -d ${D}${datadir}/OpenCV/samples/data
-    cp -r ${S}/samples/data/* ${D}${datadir}/OpenCV/samples/data
-    install -d ${D}${datadir}/OpenCV/samples/bin/
-    cp -f bin/example_* ${D}${datadir}/OpenCV/samples/bin/
+    if ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'samples', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
+        install -d ${D}${datadir}/OpenCV/samples/data
+        cp -r ${S}/samples/data/* ${D}${datadir}/OpenCV/samples/data
+        install -d ${D}${datadir}/OpenCV/samples/bin/
+        cp -f bin/example_* ${D}${datadir}/OpenCV/samples/bin/
+    fi
     if ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'tests-imx', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
         cp -r share/opencv4/testdata/cv/face/* ${D}${datadir}/opencv4/testdata/cv/face/
     fi