diff --git a/conf/layer.conf b/conf/layer.conf
index 77baa827..a226ddcf 100644
--- a/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/conf/layer.conf
@@ -41,3 +41,6 @@ PREFERRED_PROVIDER_nativesdk-libva ?= "nativesdk-libva"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_libva-utils ?= "libva-utils"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_libva-utils-native ?= "libva-utils-native"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_nativesdk-libva-utils ?= "nativesdk-libva-utils"
+
+# Do not include icc in SDK unless user wants to.
+ICCSDK ??= "0"
diff --git a/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-standalone-sdk-target.bbappend b/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-standalone-sdk-target.bbappend
index b2dd25b7..329a9244 100644
--- a/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-standalone-sdk-target.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-standalone-sdk-target.bbappend
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 INTEL_COMPILER_COMMON_PKGS = "intel-oneapi-runtime-compilers intel-oneapi-runtime-compilers-staticdev intel-oneapi-runtime-compilers-dev"
-RRECOMMENDS:${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('ICCSDK', '1', ' ${INTEL_COMPILER_COMMON_PKGS} intel-oneapi-compiler-classic ', '', d)}"
+RRECOMMENDS:${PN}:append:intel-x86-common = "${@bb.utils.contains('ICCSDK', '1', ' ${INTEL_COMPILER_COMMON_PKGS} intel-oneapi-compiler-classic', '', d)}"