diff --git a/docker/scripts/install-connectors.sh b/docker/scripts/install-connectors.sh
index 5b92f56..15d61dc 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/install-connectors.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/install-connectors.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ cd /tmp
 BUILD_PACKAGES="git cmake make gcc g++"
 
 apt-get update
-apt-get -y install $BUILD_PACKAGES
+apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends $BUILD_PACKAGES
 
 git clone https://github.com/jketterl/owrx_connector.git
 cmakebuild owrx_connector 3ffbdcccbe39a5675fd539d959e64885e521eae6
diff --git a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-airspy.sh b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-airspy.sh
index 4b6fb50..9927842 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-airspy.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-airspy.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ STATIC_PACKAGES="libusb-1.0-0"
 BUILD_PACKAGES="git libusb-1.0-0-dev cmake make gcc g++ pkg-config"
 
 apt-get update
-apt-get -y install $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
+apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
 
 git clone https://github.com/airspy/airspyone_host.git
 cmakebuild airspyone_host bceca18f9e3a5f89cff78c4d949c71771d92dfd3
diff --git a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-hackrf.sh b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-hackrf.sh
index f0af991..9c6d47b 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-hackrf.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-hackrf.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ STATIC_PACKAGES="libusb-1.0-0 libfftw3-3 udev"
 BUILD_PACKAGES="git cmake make patch wget sudo gcc g++ libusb-1.0-0-dev libfftw3-dev pkg-config"
 
 apt-get update
-apt-get -y install $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
+apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
 
 git clone https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf.git
 cd hackrf
diff --git a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-limesdr.sh b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-limesdr.sh
index bbafb9c..abfa393 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-limesdr.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-limesdr.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ STATIC_PACKAGES="libusb-1.0-0 libatomic1"
 BUILD_PACKAGES="git libusb-1.0-0-dev cmake make gcc g++"
 
 apt-get update
-apt-get -y install $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
+apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
 
 git clone https://github.com/myriadrf/LimeSuite.git
 cd LimeSuite
diff --git a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-perseus.sh b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-perseus.sh
index e0463e0..eba74fe 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-perseus.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-perseus.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ STATIC_PACKAGES="libusb-1.0-0 libudev1"
 BUILD_PACKAGES="git make gcc autoconf automake libtool libusb-1.0-0-dev xxd"
 
 apt-get update
-apt-get -y install $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
+apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
 
 git clone https://github.com/Microtelecom/libperseus-sdr.git
 cd libperseus-sdr
diff --git a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-plutosdr.sh b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-plutosdr.sh
index 290ff1f..18df91e 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-plutosdr.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-plutosdr.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ STATIC_PACKAGES="libusb-1.0-0 libxml2"
 BUILD_PACKAGES="git libusb-1.0-0-dev cmake make gcc g++ libxml2-dev flex bison"
 
 apt-get update
-apt-get -y install $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
+apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
 
 git clone https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/libiio.git
 cmakebuild libiio 5f5af2e417129ad8f4e05fc5c1b730f0694dca12 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local
diff --git a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-rtlsdr-soapy.sh b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-rtlsdr-soapy.sh
index a5dc03d..b50921d 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-rtlsdr-soapy.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-rtlsdr-soapy.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ STATIC_PACKAGES="libusb-1.0-0"
 BUILD_PACKAGES="git libusb-1.0-0-dev cmake make gcc g++ pkg-config"
 
 apt-get update
-apt-get -y install $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
+apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
 
 git clone https://github.com/osmocom/rtl-sdr.git
 cmakebuild rtl-sdr d794155ba65796a76cd0a436f9709f4601509320
diff --git a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-rtlsdr.sh b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-rtlsdr.sh
index dee4df4..b26d432 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-rtlsdr.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-rtlsdr.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ STATIC_PACKAGES="libusb-1.0.0"
 BUILD_PACKAGES="git libusb-1.0.0-dev cmake make gcc g++ pkg-config"
 
 apt-get update
-apt-get -y install $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
+apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
 
 git clone https://github.com/osmocom/rtl-sdr.git
 cmakebuild rtl-sdr d794155ba65796a76cd0a436f9709f4601509320
diff --git a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-sdrplay.sh b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-sdrplay.sh
index c7071ec..5e689df 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-sdrplay.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-sdrplay.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ STATIC_PACKAGES="libusb-1.0.0 libudev1"
 BUILD_PACKAGES="git cmake make patch wget sudo gcc g++ libusb-dev"
 
 apt-get update
-apt-get -y install $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
+apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
 
 ARCH=$(uname -m)
 
diff --git a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-soapyremote.sh b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-soapyremote.sh
index b1b3800..cae7c11 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-soapyremote.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-soapyremote.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ STATIC_PACKAGES="avahi-daemon libavahi-client3"
 BUILD_PACKAGES="git cmake make gcc g++ libavahi-client-dev"
 
 apt-get update
-apt-get -y install $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
+apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
 
 git clone https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyRemote.git
 cmakebuild SoapyRemote 6d9bd820da470cfe7b27b2e6946af93cfece448f
diff --git a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-soapysdr.sh b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-soapysdr.sh
index da77c76..5687d44 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-soapysdr.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies-soapysdr.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ STATIC_PACKAGES="libudev1"
 BUILD_PACKAGES="git cmake make patch wget sudo gcc g++"
 
 apt-get update
-apt-get -y install $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
+apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
 
 git clone https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR
 cmakebuild SoapySDR f722f9ce5b629c3c44401a9bf628b3f8e67a9695
diff --git a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies.sh b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies.sh
index 3285ce3..cee0f14 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/install-dependencies.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/install-dependencies.sh
@@ -18,17 +18,18 @@ function cmakebuild() {
 
 cd /tmp
 
-STATIC_PACKAGES="sox libfftw3-bin python3 python3-setuptools netcat-openbsd libsndfile1 liblapack3 libusb-1.0-0 libqt5serialport5 libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5widgets5 libqt5sql5-sqlite libqt5core5a libqt5gui5 libqt5multimedia5 libqt5network5 libqt5printsupport5 libqt5serialport5 libqt5sql5 libqt5widgets5 libreadline7 libgfortran4 libgomp1 libasound2 libudev1 libhamlib2"
-BUILD_PACKAGES="wget git libsndfile1-dev libfftw3-dev cmake ca-certificates make gcc g++ liblapack-dev autoconf automake libtool texinfo gfortran libusb-1.0-0-dev qtbase5-dev qtmultimedia5-dev qttools5-dev libqt5serialport5-dev qttools5-dev-tools asciidoctor asciidoc libasound2-dev pkg-config libudev-dev libhamlib-dev"
+STATIC_PACKAGES="sox libfftw3-bin python3 python3-setuptools netcat-openbsd libsndfile1 liblapack3 libusb-1.0-0 libqt5serialport5 libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5widgets5 libqt5sql5-sqlite libqt5core5a libqt5multimedia5 libqt5network5 libqt5printsupport5 libqt5serialport5 libqt5sql5 libqt5widgets5 libreadline7 libgfortran4 libgomp1 libasound2 libudev1 libhamlib2 ca-certificates"
+BUILD_PACKAGES="wget git libsndfile1-dev libfftw3-dev cmake make gcc g++ liblapack-dev autoconf automake libtool texinfo gfortran libusb-1.0-0-dev qtbase5-dev qtmultimedia5-dev qttools5-dev libqt5serialport5-dev qttools5-dev-tools asciidoctor asciidoc libasound2-dev pkg-config libudev-dev libhamlib-dev patch xsltproc"
 
 apt-get update
-apt-get -y install $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
+apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends $STATIC_PACKAGES $BUILD_PACKAGES
 
 git clone https://github.com/jketterl/js8py.git
 pushd js8py
 git checkout 888e62be375316882ad2b2ac8e396c3bf857b6fc
 python3 setup.py install
 popd
+rm -rf js8py
 
 git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/itpp/git itpp
 cmakebuild itpp bb5c7e95f40e8fdb5c3f3d01a84bcbaf76f3676d
@@ -52,24 +53,12 @@ cmakebuild digiham 95206501be89b38d0267bf6c29a6898e7c65656f
 git clone https://github.com/f4exb/dsd.git
 cmakebuild dsd f6939f9edbbc6f66261833616391a4e59cb2b3d7
 
-#git clone https://github.com/Hamlib/Hamlib.git
-#pushd Hamlib
-#git checkout 301ebb92eaa538dfa75c06821f46715f40dd7673
-#./bootstrap
-#./configure
-#make
-#ake install
-#popd
-#rm -rf Hamlib
-
 JS8CALL_VERSION=2.1.1
 JS8CALL_DIR=js8call-${JS8CALL_VERSION}
 JS8CALL_TGZ=${JS8CALL_DIR}.tgz
 wget http://files.js8call.com/${JS8CALL_VERSION}/${JS8CALL_TGZ}
 tar xfz ${JS8CALL_TGZ}
-#cp ${JS8CALL_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt ./CMakeLists.orig.txt
-#sed "s/set (hamlib_STATIC 1)/set (hamlib_STATIC 0)/" < ./CMakeLists.orig.txt > ${JS8CALL_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt
-#rm ./CMakeLists.orig.txt
+# patch allows us to build against the packaged hamlib
 patch -Np1 -d ${JS8CALL_DIR} < /js8call-hamlib.patch
 rm /js8call-hamlib.patch
 CMAKE_ARGS="-D CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-DJS8_USE_LEGACY_HAMLIB" cmakebuild ${JS8CALL_DIR}