diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/libnma/libnma_1.10.6.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/libnma/libnma_1.10.6.bb
index 997a5a71b3..9a4dad35d1 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/libnma/libnma_1.10.6.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/libnma/libnma_1.10.6.bb
@@ -26,3 +26,8 @@ EXTRA_OEMESON:append:riscv32 = " -Dvapi=false"
 EXTRA_OEMESON:append:powerpc64le = " -Dvapi=false"
 
 GTKDOC_MESON_OPTION = "gtk_doc"
+
+do_install:append() {
+    # conflicts with the file provided by network-manager-applet
+    rm -f ${D}${datadir}/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.nm-applet.gschema.xml
+}