diff --git a/fedora-disk-base.ks b/fedora-disk-base.ks
index 0520a51..fbc864f 100644
--- a/fedora-disk-base.ks
+++ b/fedora-disk-base.ks
@@ -46,11 +46,10 @@ rng-tools
 chrony
 bcm283x-firmware
 initial-setup
+# Intel wireless firmware assumed never of use for disk images
 -iwl*
 -ipw*
--trousers-lib
 -usb_modeswitch
--iproute-tc
 -generic-release*
 
 # make sure all the locales are available for inital0-setup and anaconda to work
diff --git a/fedora-minimal-common.ks b/fedora-minimal-common.ks
index 42eef06..24e6ce8 100644
--- a/fedora-minimal-common.ks
+++ b/fedora-minimal-common.ks
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 -initial-setup-gui
 -generic-release*
 -glibc-all-langpacks
+# recommended by iproute, we don't want it in minimal
+-iproute-tc
+# recommended by gnutls, we don't want it in minimal
+-trousers
 glibc-langpack-en
 iw
 NetworkManager-wifi