diff --git a/meta-forgefirm/recipes-forgefirm/images/forgefirm-image.bb b/meta-forgefirm/recipes-forgefirm/images/forgefirm-image.bb
index 9877a19..879ab1c 100644
--- a/meta-forgefirm/recipes-forgefirm/images/forgefirm-image.bb
+++ b/meta-forgefirm/recipes-forgefirm/images/forgefirm-image.bb
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 require recipes-glowforge/images/glowforge-image.bb
 
 DESCRIPTION = "OpenGlow/ForgeFIRM image for Glowforge"
+
+# ForgeFIRM cuts the cloud dependency: drop the Glowforge cloud client
+# (gfui-client connects to Glowforge's servers) — exactly what ForgeFIRM
+# replaces with a local grblHAL controller (forgectrl, currently a placeholder;
+# see kas/README.md backlog #5). Removing it here (override only; the shared
+# glowforge-image base is untouched) also sidesteps its do_package failure.
+IMAGE_INSTALL:remove = "gfui-client"