diff --git a/fedora-container-base-minimal.ks b/fedora-container-base-minimal.ks
index 9a92ce9..5d62aa9 100644
--- a/fedora-container-base-minimal.ks
+++ b/fedora-container-base-minimal.ks
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 %packages --excludedocs --instLangs=en --nocore --excludeWeakdeps
 microdnf
-
+-tzdata
 %end
 
 %post --erroronfail --log=/root/anaconda-post.log
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ rm -fv /usr/bin/pinky
 # we lose presets by removing /usr/lib/systemd but we do not care
 rm -rfv /usr/lib/systemd
 
-# if you want to change the timezone, bind-mount it from the host or reinstall tzdata
-rm -fv /etc/localtime
-mv /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime
-rm -rfv  /usr/share/zoneinfo
-
 # Final pruning
 rm -rfv /var/cache/* /var/log/* /tmp/*
 
diff --git a/fedora-container-common.ks b/fedora-container-common.ks
index 3637c89..644859d 100644
--- a/fedora-container-common.ks
+++ b/fedora-container-common.ks
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ fedora-release-container
 bash
 coreutils
 glibc-minimal-langpack
+tzdata
 rpm
 util-linux-core
 -kernel