diff --git a/src/insets/InsetExternal.cpp b/src/insets/InsetExternal.cpp
index f7f5595ceb..bb86ea0264 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetExternal.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetExternal.cpp
@@ -489,7 +489,8 @@ bool InsetExternal::getStatus(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd,
 void InsetExternal::registerEmbeddedFiles(Buffer const &,
 	EmbeddedFiles & files) const
 {
-	files.registerFile(params_.filename.absFilename(), false, this);
+	// temporarily disable embedding for this inset
+	/* files.registerFile(params_.filename, this); */
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetInclude.cpp b/src/insets/InsetInclude.cpp
index 42a61077fc..e0036aa5a0 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetInclude.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetInclude.cpp
@@ -890,9 +890,11 @@ void InsetInclude::registerEmbeddedFiles(Buffer const & buffer,
 	EmbeddedFiles & files) const
 {
 	// include and input are temprarily not considered.
+	/*
 	if (isVerbatim(params()) || isListings(params()))
 		files.registerFile(includedFilename(buffer, params()).absFilename(),
 			false, this);
+	*/
 }
 
 } // namespace lyx