diff --git a/10/Dockerfile b/10/Dockerfile
index 06ff30386e..e8b0e0080f 100644
--- a/10/Dockerfile
+++ b/10/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		sed -ri '/\/usr\/share\/locale/d' /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/docker; \
 		! grep -q '/usr/share/locale' /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/docker; \
 	fi; \
-	apt-get update; apt-get install -y locales; rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
+	apt-get update; apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends locales; rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
 	localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias en_US.UTF-8
 ENV LANG en_US.utf8
 
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 			;; \
 	esac; \
 	\
-	apt-get install -y postgresql-common; \
+	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends postgresql-common; \
 	sed -ri 's/#(create_main_cluster) .*$/\1 = false/' /etc/postgresql-common/createcluster.conf; \
-	apt-get install -y \
+	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 		"postgresql-$PG_MAJOR=$PG_VERSION" \
 	; \
 	\
diff --git a/11/Dockerfile b/11/Dockerfile
index 4d7d853fd9..85bc4cee5c 100644
--- a/11/Dockerfile
+++ b/11/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		sed -ri '/\/usr\/share\/locale/d' /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/docker; \
 		! grep -q '/usr/share/locale' /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/docker; \
 	fi; \
-	apt-get update; apt-get install -y locales; rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
+	apt-get update; apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends locales; rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
 	localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias en_US.UTF-8
 ENV LANG en_US.utf8
 
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 			;; \
 	esac; \
 	\
-	apt-get install -y postgresql-common; \
+	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends postgresql-common; \
 	sed -ri 's/#(create_main_cluster) .*$/\1 = false/' /etc/postgresql-common/createcluster.conf; \
-	apt-get install -y \
+	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 		"postgresql-$PG_MAJOR=$PG_VERSION" \
 	; \
 	\
diff --git a/12/Dockerfile b/12/Dockerfile
index 08a1aad68b..321033bf8b 100644
--- a/12/Dockerfile
+++ b/12/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		sed -ri '/\/usr\/share\/locale/d' /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/docker; \
 		! grep -q '/usr/share/locale' /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/docker; \
 	fi; \
-	apt-get update; apt-get install -y locales; rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
+	apt-get update; apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends locales; rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
 	localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias en_US.UTF-8
 ENV LANG en_US.utf8
 
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 			;; \
 	esac; \
 	\
-	apt-get install -y postgresql-common; \
+	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends postgresql-common; \
 	sed -ri 's/#(create_main_cluster) .*$/\1 = false/' /etc/postgresql-common/createcluster.conf; \
-	apt-get install -y \
+	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 		"postgresql-$PG_MAJOR=$PG_VERSION" \
 	; \
 	\
diff --git a/9.5/Dockerfile b/9.5/Dockerfile
index 91085d3869..7b4dba02ba 100644
--- a/9.5/Dockerfile
+++ b/9.5/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		sed -ri '/\/usr\/share\/locale/d' /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/docker; \
 		! grep -q '/usr/share/locale' /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/docker; \
 	fi; \
-	apt-get update; apt-get install -y locales; rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
+	apt-get update; apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends locales; rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
 	localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias en_US.UTF-8
 ENV LANG en_US.utf8
 
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 			;; \
 	esac; \
 	\
-	apt-get install -y postgresql-common; \
+	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends postgresql-common; \
 	sed -ri 's/#(create_main_cluster) .*$/\1 = false/' /etc/postgresql-common/createcluster.conf; \
-	apt-get install -y \
+	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 		"postgresql-$PG_MAJOR=$PG_VERSION" \
 		"postgresql-contrib-$PG_MAJOR=$PG_VERSION" \
 	; \
diff --git a/9.6/Dockerfile b/9.6/Dockerfile
index c698b0d16f..6695a354ff 100644
--- a/9.6/Dockerfile
+++ b/9.6/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		sed -ri '/\/usr\/share\/locale/d' /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/docker; \
 		! grep -q '/usr/share/locale' /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/docker; \
 	fi; \
-	apt-get update; apt-get install -y locales; rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
+	apt-get update; apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends locales; rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
 	localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias en_US.UTF-8
 ENV LANG en_US.utf8
 
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 			;; \
 	esac; \
 	\
-	apt-get install -y postgresql-common; \
+	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends postgresql-common; \
 	sed -ri 's/#(create_main_cluster) .*$/\1 = false/' /etc/postgresql-common/createcluster.conf; \
-	apt-get install -y \
+	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 		"postgresql-$PG_MAJOR=$PG_VERSION" \
 		"postgresql-contrib-$PG_MAJOR=$PG_VERSION" \
 	; \
diff --git a/Dockerfile-debian.template b/Dockerfile-debian.template
index 485137f864..63330b2eab 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-debian.template
+++ b/Dockerfile-debian.template
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 		sed -ri '/\/usr\/share\/locale/d' /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/docker; \
 		! grep -q '/usr/share/locale' /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/docker; \
 	fi; \
-	apt-get update; apt-get install -y locales; rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
+	apt-get update; apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends locales; rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
 	localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias en_US.UTF-8
 ENV LANG en_US.utf8
 
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 			;; \
 	esac; \
 	\
-	apt-get install -y postgresql-common; \
+	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends postgresql-common; \
 	sed -ri 's/#(create_main_cluster) .*$/\1 = false/' /etc/postgresql-common/createcluster.conf; \
-	apt-get install -y \
+	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 		"postgresql-$PG_MAJOR=$PG_VERSION" \
 		"postgresql-contrib-$PG_MAJOR=$PG_VERSION" \
 	; \