diff --git a/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl b/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
index 32ca9f0e..5280e36b 100644
--- a/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
+++ b/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ removepkg pkgconf pkgconf-m4 pkgconf-pkg-config ppp pth
 removepkg rmt rpcbind squashfs-tools system-config-firewall-base
 removepkg tigervnc-license xml-common xorg-x11-font-utils
 removepkg xorg-x11-server-common
+removepkg ncurses
 
 ## other removals
 remove /home /media /opt /srv /tmp/*