diff --git a/fedora-docker-base.ks b/fedora-docker-base.ks
index 016b415..94c6d0c 100644
--- a/fedora-docker-base.ks
+++ b/fedora-docker-base.ks
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ rm -rf /tmp/*
 # https://pagure.io/atomic-wg/issue/308
 printf "tsflags=nodocs\n" >>/etc/dnf/dnf.conf
 
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1576993
+systemctl disable dnf-makecache.timer
+
 #Mask mount units and getty service so that we don't get login prompt
 systemctl mask systemd-remount-fs.service dev-hugepages.mount sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount systemd-logind.service getty.target console-getty.service