diff --git a/base/debian-10/install.sh b/base/debian-10/install.sh
index 69606e16..1e2f7d0e 100755
--- a/base/debian-10/install.sh
+++ b/base/debian-10/install.sh
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime
 apt update
 
 # put back tools for customer support
-apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl sudo libgssapi-krb5-2 busybox procps acl gcc libssl-dev libffi-dev python2-dev
+apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl sudo libgssapi-krb5-2 busybox procps acl gcc libpython-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev
 apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python-pip python-setuptools python-requests python-yaml
 pip --no-cache-dir install ansible
+apt-get remove -y gcc libffi-dev libssl-dev libpython-dev
+apt-get autoremove -y
 
 cd /bin
 ln -s busybox killall
diff --git a/base/redhat-8/install.sh b/base/redhat-8/install.sh
index f44c8ffb..73cc73cc 100755
--- a/base/redhat-8/install.sh
+++ b/base/redhat-8/install.sh
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ microdnf -y --nodocs install glibc-langpack-en
 #We get around the gen above by forcing the language install, and then point to it.
 export LANG=en_US.utf8
 
-microdnf -y --nodocs install wget sudo shadow-utils procps
+microdnf -y --nodocs install wget sudo shadow-utils procps tar
 #install busybox direct from the multiarch since epel isn't availible yet for redhat8
 wget -O /bin/busybox https://busybox.net/downloads/binaries/1.28.1-defconfig-multiarch/busybox-`arch`
 chmod +x /bin/busybox
-microdnf -y --nodocs install gcc redhat-rpm-config python2-devel libffi-devel openssl-devel tar
+microdnf -y --nodocs install python2-pip python2-devel redhat-rpm-config gcc libffi-devel openssl-devel
 pip2 --no-cache-dir install requests ansible
-microdnf -y remove gcc libffi-devel openssl-devel
-microdnf clean all
+microdnf -y remove gcc libffi-devel openssl-devel redhat-rpm-config python2-devel device-mapper-libs device-mapper cryptsetup-libs systemd systemd-pam dbus dbus-common dbus-daemon dbus-tools dbus-libs go-srpm-macros iptables-libs ocaml-srpm-macros openblas-srpm-macros qt5-srpm-macros perl-srpm-macros rust-srpm-macros ghc-srpm-macros platform-python python3-rpm-generators platform-python-setuptools python3-libs platform-python-pip python3-rpm-generators python3-rpm-macros elfutils-libs efi-srpm-macros zip unzip xkeyboard-config libxkbcommon redhat-rpm-config util-linux dwz file file-libs findutils iptables-libs diffutils annobin python-rpm-macros python-srpm-macros python2-devel python2-rpm-macros kmod-libs libfdisk libffi-devel libpcap libseccomp libutempter
+
 
 cd /bin
 ln -s python2 python || true