diff --git a/base-image-script/debian-test_pt1.sh b/base-image-script/debian-test_pt1.sh
index 6bc5630..ae0136c 100644
--- a/base-image-script/debian-test_pt1.sh
+++ b/base-image-script/debian-test_pt1.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PT3_SCRIPT="debian-test_pt3.sh"
 echo "[INFO] Preparing environment..."
 apt-get update -y
 apt-get upgrade -y
-apt-get install -y debootstrap bash curl wget ftp-upload dirmngr build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev
+apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends debootstrap bash curl wget ftp-upload dirmngr
 
 echo "[INFO] Downloading extra scripts if missing..."
 for SCRIPT in $PT2_SCRIPT $PT3_SCRIPT; do
diff --git a/base-image-script/debian-test_pt2.sh b/base-image-script/debian-test_pt2.sh
index 9c60b48..8c96e88 100644
--- a/base-image-script/debian-test_pt2.sh
+++ b/base-image-script/debian-test_pt2.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ apt-get upgrade
 
 echo "[CHROOT] Installing Node.js..."
 curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | bash -
-apt-get install nodejs
+apt-get install --no-install-recommends nodejs
 
 echo "[CHROOT] Installing Docker..."
 apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ echo \
   $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
 apt-get update
 
-apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
-apt-get install software-properties-common bash wget curl nano python3 python3-pip python3-venv locales
+apt-get install --no-install-recommends docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
+apt-get install --no-install-recommends software-properties-common bash wget curl nano python3 python3-pip python3-venv locales
 
 dpkg -l | grep python3-cryptography || echo "[OK] Not installed"