diff --git a/.build/images/dietpi-build b/.build/images/dietpi-build
index c55821e2f8..8941b4d79a 100755
--- a/.build/images/dietpi-build
+++ b/.build/images/dietpi-build
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ emulation=0
 # Virtual machine disk conversion
 [[ $VMTYPE && $VMTYPE != 'raw' ]] && apackages+=('qemu-utils')
 
-G_AG_CHECK_INSTALL_PREREQ parted mmdebstrap dbus systemd-container xz-utils "${apackages[@]}"
+G_AG_CHECK_INSTALL_PREREQ --no-install-recommends parted mmdebstrap dbus systemd-container xz-utils "${apackages[@]}"
 
 # Register QEMU binfmt configs
 if (( $emulation ))