diff --git a/vendors/espressif/boards/esp32/CMakeLists.txt b/vendors/espressif/boards/esp32/CMakeLists.txt
index 73209c312d6..6e4ed67acb9 100644
--- a/vendors/espressif/boards/esp32/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vendors/espressif/boards/esp32/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ endif()
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Compiler settings
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Mark the python dependencies as checked so that esp-idf does not check them since this is not
+# needed when we are only generating metadata and not building the project.
+if(AFR_METADATA_MODE)
+    set(PYTHON_DEPS_CHECKED 1)
+endif()
 
 set(esp_idf_dir "${AFR_VENDORS_DIR}/espressif/esp-idf")
 # Provides idf_import_components and idf_link_components