diff --git a/src/pylorax/api/dnfbase.py b/src/pylorax/api/dnfbase.py
index bde82985..2a992aa4 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/api/dnfbase.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/api/dnfbase.py
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ def get_base_object(conf):
     dbc.reposdir = [repodir]
     dbc.install_weak_deps = False
     dbc.prepend_installroot('persistdir')
-    dbc.tsflags.append('nodocs')
+    # this is a weird 'AppendOption' thing that, when you set it,
+    # actually appends. Doing this adds 'nodocs' to the existing list
+    # of values, over in libdnf, it does not replace the existing values.
+    dbc.tsflags = ['nodocs']
 
     if conf.get_default("dnf", "proxy", None):
         dbc.proxy = conf.get("dnf", "proxy")
diff --git a/src/sbin/lorax b/src/sbin/lorax
index 30b9cadc..2729757d 100755
--- a/src/sbin/lorax
+++ b/src/sbin/lorax
@@ -212,7 +212,10 @@ def get_dnf_base_object(installroot, sources, mirrorlists=None, repos=None,
     conf.releasever = releasever
     conf.installroot = installroot
     conf.prepend_installroot('persistdir')
-    conf.tsflags.append('nodocs')
+    # this is a weird 'AppendOption' thing that, when you set it,
+    # actually appends. Doing this adds 'nodocs' to the existing list
+    # of values, over in libdnf, it does not replace the existing values.
+    conf.tsflags = ['nodocs']
 
     if proxy:
         conf.proxy = proxy