diff --git a/pkg/engine/api/generate/generator/generator.go b/pkg/engine/api/generate/generator/generator.go
index 3527bb58..590e5b7d 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/api/generate/generator/generator.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/api/generate/generator/generator.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	v1 "kusionstack.io/kusion/pkg/apis/api.kusion.io/v1"
 	"kusionstack.io/kusion/pkg/engine/api/builders"
 	"kusionstack.io/kusion/pkg/engine/api/generate/run"
+	"kusionstack.io/kusion/pkg/modules/generators"
 	"kusionstack.io/kusion/pkg/util/io"
 	"kusionstack.io/kusion/pkg/util/kfile"
 )
@@ -99,6 +100,11 @@ func CopyDependentModules(workDir string) error {
 	var allErrs []error
 	for _, dep := range modFile.Deps {
 		if dep.Source.Oci != nil {
+			// ignore workload modules
+			if generators.IgnoreModules[dep.Name] {
+				continue
+			}
+
 			info := dep.Source.Oci
 			pkgDir := filepath.Join(absPkgPath, dep.FullName)
 			source := filepath.Join(pkgDir, "kusion-module-"+dep.FullName)