diff --git a/etc/firefox-common.profile b/etc/firefox-common.profile
index ad8a0a0b7..644dc89b1 100644
--- a/etc/firefox-common.profile
+++ b/etc/firefox-common.profile
@@ -51,5 +51,6 @@ private-dev
 #private-etc ca-certificates,ssl,machine-id,dconf,selinux,passwd,group,hostname,hosts,localtime,nsswitch.conf,resolv.conf,xdg,gtk-2.0,gtk-3.0,X11,pango,fonts,mime.types,mailcap,asound.conf,pulse,pki,crypto-policies,ld.so.cache
 private-tmp
 
-noexec ${HOME}
+# breaks DRM binaries
+#noexec ${HOME}
 noexec /tmp
diff --git a/etc/kodi.profile b/etc/kodi.profile
index 3a161db4c..303310591 100644
--- a/etc/kodi.profile
+++ b/etc/kodi.profile
@@ -41,5 +41,6 @@ tracelog
 private-dev
 private-tmp
 
-noexec ${HOME}
+# breaks plugins
+#noexec ${HOME}
 noexec /tmp
diff --git a/etc/youtube-dl.profile b/etc/youtube-dl.profile
index e0a79498e..0878c91ef 100644
--- a/etc/youtube-dl.profile
+++ b/etc/youtube-dl.profile
@@ -47,5 +47,6 @@ tracelog
 
 private-dev
 
-noexec ${HOME}
+# breaks when installed via pip
+#noexec ${HOME}
 noexec /tmp