diff --git a/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl b/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
index 339c205d..2c6ef54d 100644
--- a/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
+++ b/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ removepkg rmt rpcbind squashfs-tools
 removepkg tigervnc-license xml-common
 removepkg mkfontscale fonttosfnt
 removepkg xorg-x11-server-common
+# do not remove this, required for ppc64le and s390x !!!
+removepkg ncurses
 
 ## other removals
 remove /home /media /opt /srv /tmp/*