diff --git a/src/opnsense/scripts/firmware/register.php b/src/opnsense/scripts/firmware/register.php
index 90475e2b1..92e291716 100755
--- a/src/opnsense/scripts/firmware/register.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/scripts/firmware/register.php
@@ -116,10 +116,16 @@ function plugins_disk_get()
         $filename = basename($name);
         $prefix = explode('.', $filename)[0];
 
+        /* do not register from set-provided metadata */
         if ($prefix == 'base' || $prefix == 'kernel' || $prefix == 'pkgs') {
             continue;
         }
 
+        /* do not register for business addition */
+        if ($prefix == 'OPNBEcore') {
+            continue;
+        }
+
         $ret = json_decode(@file_get_contents($name), true);
         if ($ret == null || !isset($ret['product_id'])) {
             echo "Ignoring invalid metadata: $name" . PHP_EOL;