diff --git a/cook/ingredients/guest-agents/base.ks b/cook/ingredients/guest-agents/base.ks
index c0ed931..7f88347 100644
--- a/cook/ingredients/guest-agents/base.ks
+++ b/cook/ingredients/guest-agents/base.ks
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Guest agents for virtual machines
 
-%packages
+%packages --exclude-weakdeps
 qemu-guest-agent
 spice-vdagent
 %end
diff --git a/cook/ingredients/initial-setup/server/config.ks b/cook/ingredients/initial-setup/server/config.ks
index df33eee..f2fa579 100644
--- a/cook/ingredients/initial-setup/server/config.ks
+++ b/cook/ingredients/initial-setup/server/config.ks
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 firstboot --enable --reconfig # Enable the Setup Agent to start at boot time in reconfiguration mode. This mode enables the language, mouse, keyboard, root password, security level, time zone, and networking configuration options in addition to the default ones
 
-%packages # Beginning of the packages section. Includes weak package dependencies.
+%packages --exclude-weakdeps # Beginning of the packages section. Excludes weak package dependencies.
 
 initial-setup # Initial setup package
 
diff --git a/cook/ingredients/packages/core.ks b/cook/ingredients/packages/core.ks
index c78cc3e..6f0e094 100644
--- a/cook/ingredients/packages/core.ks
+++ b/cook/ingredients/packages/core.ks
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # Core DNF package group
 # More information: https://pykickstart.readthedocs.io/en/latest/kickstart-docs.html#id240
 
-%packages # Beginning of the packages section. Includes weak package dependencies. Package description courtesy of the Fedora project
+%packages --exclude-weakdeps # Beginning of the packages section. Excludes weak package dependencies. Package description courtesy of the Fedora project
 
 @core
 ## Mandatory packages found in hidden `core` group (`dnf group info --hidden core`)
diff --git a/cook/ingredients/packages/fedora-remix.ks b/cook/ingredients/packages/fedora-remix.ks
index e0b8a14..5c2505b 100644
--- a/cook/ingredients/packages/fedora-remix.ks
+++ b/cook/ingredients/packages/fedora-remix.ks
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 # Packages to be used to create a Fedora Remix and comply Fedora Remix legal guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Remix
 
-%packages
+%packages --exclude-weakdeps
 
 fedora-remix-logos # Fedora Remix logos
 generic-release # Generic release files
diff --git a/cook/ingredients/packages/hand-picked.ks b/cook/ingredients/packages/hand-picked.ks
index 9e68b7e..b94b858 100644
--- a/cook/ingredients/packages/hand-picked.ks
+++ b/cook/ingredients/packages/hand-picked.ks
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Hand-picked packages
 
-%packages
+%packages --exclude-weakdeps
 
 grub2-tools # Provides grub2-mkconfig and grub2-editenv, required by the grub2-common %posttrans scriptlet (exit 127 otherwise, which fails the whole dnf transaction)
 pciutils # PCI bus related utilities