diff --git a/share/runtime-cleanup.tmpl b/share/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
index 407c828f..a93238a0 100644
--- a/share/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
+++ b/share/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ removepkg xorg-x11-xauth
 removepkg xorg-x11-xinit
 removepkg yajl
 removepkg yum-utils
-run_pkg_transaction
+run_pkg_transaction --noscripts
 
 ## other removals
 remove /usr/share/doc
diff --git a/src/pylorax/treebuilder.py b/src/pylorax/treebuilder.py
index bf17e086..8b6a040b 100644
--- a/src/pylorax/treebuilder.py
+++ b/src/pylorax/treebuilder.py
@@ -343,7 +343,9 @@ class TemplateRunner(object):
         for p in pkgs:
             self.yum.remove(pattern=p)
 
-    def run_pkg_transaction(self):
+    def run_pkg_transaction(self, *args):
+        if '--noscripts' in args:
+            self.yum.conf.tsflags.append("noscripts")
         self.yum.buildTransaction()
         self.yum.repos.setProgressBar(LoraxDownloadCallback())
         self.yum.processTransaction(callback=LoraxTransactionCallback(),