diff --git a/firmware.scons b/firmware.scons
index 77bf84de0..522181e2f 100644
--- a/firmware.scons
+++ b/firmware.scons
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ env = ENV.Clone(
         Dir("applications"),
         # Not C code
         Dir("!applications/system/js_app/packages"),
+        # Frequently updated and very different formatting, painful to merge
+        Dir("!applications/external/nfc_playlist"),
+        Dir("!applications/external/flip_library"),
+        Dir("!applications/external/flip_social"),
+        Dir("!applications/external/flip_store"),
+        Dir("!applications/external/flip_trader"),
+        Dir("!applications/external/flip_weather"),
+        Dir("!applications/external/flip_wifi"),
+        Dir("!applications/external/web_crawler"),
     ],
     LIBPATH=[
         "${LIB_DIST_DIR}",