diff --git a/fedora-container-base.ks b/fedora-container-base.ks
index 96c3488..3d7f801 100644
--- a/fedora-container-base.ks
+++ b/fedora-container-base.ks
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 %include fedora-container-common.ks
 
-%packages --excludedocs --instLangs=en --nocore
+%packages --excludedocs --instLangs=en --nocore --excludeWeakdeps
 rootfiles
 # https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/modularity-dead-long-live-modularity/
 fedora-repos-modular
diff --git a/fedora-container-common.ks b/fedora-container-common.ks
index a1cce85..17d58b1 100644
--- a/fedora-container-common.ks
+++ b/fedora-container-common.ks
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ zerombr
 clearpart --all
 autopart --noboot --nohome --noswap --nolvm
 
-%packages --excludedocs --instLangs=en --nocore
+%packages --excludedocs --instLangs=en --nocore --excludeWeakdeps
 fedora-release-container
 bash
 coreutils