diff --git a/base-image-script/debian-bookworm_pt2.sh b/base-image-script/debian-bookworm_pt2.sh
index fd64d7c..5d9a354 100644
--- a/base-image-script/debian-bookworm_pt2.sh
+++ b/base-image-script/debian-bookworm_pt2.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ echo 'APT::Get::Assume-Yes "true";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10-assume_yes
 apt-get update
 apt-get upgrade
 
-apt-get install --no-install-recommends software-properties-common bash wget curl nano locales screen bzip2 jq lsb-release
+apt-get install --no-install-recommends software-properties-common bash wget curl nano locales
 
 echo "[CHROOT] Generating locales..."
 echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen
diff --git a/base-image-script/debian-bullseye_pt2.sh b/base-image-script/debian-bullseye_pt2.sh
index bba4338..5f25842 100644
--- a/base-image-script/debian-bullseye_pt2.sh
+++ b/base-image-script/debian-bullseye_pt2.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ echo 'APT::Get::Assume-Yes "true";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10-assume_yes
 apt-get update
 apt-get upgrade
 
-apt-get install --no-install-recommends software-properties-common bash wget curl nano locales screen bzip2 jq lsb-release
+apt-get install --no-install-recommends software-properties-common bash wget curl nano locales
 
 echo "[CHROOT] Generating locales..."
 echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen
diff --git a/base-image-script/debian-buster_pt2.sh b/base-image-script/debian-buster_pt2.sh
index 2e26c7e..4a38213 100644
--- a/base-image-script/debian-buster_pt2.sh
+++ b/base-image-script/debian-buster_pt2.sh
@@ -7,12 +7,7 @@ echo 'APT::Get::Assume-Yes "true";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10-assume_yes
 apt-get update
 apt-get upgrade
 
-apt-get install --no-install-recommends software-properties-common bash wget curl nano locales screen bzip2 jq lsb-release
-
-echo "[CHROOT] Generating locales..."
-echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen
-locale-gen
-update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+apt-get install --no-install-recommends software-properties-common bash wget curl nano locales
 
 echo "[CHROOT] Removing unnecessary packages..."
 apt-get remove --purge --allow-remove-essential pinentry-curses whiptail kmod iptables iproute2 dmidecode || true