diff --git a/reproducible-builds/build.Containerfile b/reproducible-builds/build.Containerfile
index 4c1e8a1b..38626266 100644
--- a/reproducible-builds/build.Containerfile
+++ b/reproducible-builds/build.Containerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ENV SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
 ENV LANG=C.UTF-8
 ENV LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
 RUN SNAPSHOT="$(date -u -d "@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" +%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ)" \
-    && apt install -y make asciidoc-base --update --snapshot "$SNAPSHOT"
+    && apt install -y make asciidoc-base --update --snapshot "$SNAPSHOT" --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests
 COPY --chmod=0700 reproducible-builds/entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
 WORKDIR /signal-cli
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh", "build" ]