diff --git a/variants/heltec_v2.1/platformio.ini b/variants/heltec_v2.1/platformio.ini
index 5aa04fc58..ea2281911 100644
--- a/variants/heltec_v2.1/platformio.ini
+++ b/variants/heltec_v2.1/platformio.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [env:heltec-v2_1]
+board_level = extra
 ;build_type = debug ; to make it possible to step through our jtag debugger 
 extends = esp32_base
 board = heltec_wifi_lora_32_V2
diff --git a/variants/heltec_v2/platformio.ini b/variants/heltec_v2/platformio.ini
index cee1537d0..c81bca8ba 100644
--- a/variants/heltec_v2/platformio.ini
+++ b/variants/heltec_v2/platformio.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [env:heltec-v2_0]
-;build_type = debug ; to make it possible to step through our jtag debugger 
+;build_type = debug ; to make it possible to step through our jtag debugger
+board_level = extra
 extends = esp32_base
 board = heltec_wifi_lora_32_V2
 build_flags = 
diff --git a/variants/tlora_v2/platformio.ini b/variants/tlora_v2/platformio.ini
index 8710068af..8087a30e3 100644
--- a/variants/tlora_v2/platformio.ini
+++ b/variants/tlora_v2/platformio.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [env:tlora-v2]
+board_level = extra
 extends = esp32_base
 board = ttgo-lora32-v1
 build_flags =