diff --git a/debian/install_scripts/install_miner_apt b/debian/install_scripts/install_miner_apt
index 0d6bc87..01bfbd9 100755
--- a/debian/install_scripts/install_miner_apt
+++ b/debian/install_scripts/install_miner_apt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-sudo apt -y install wget erlang
+sudo apt -y install wget erlang --no-install-recommends
 wget -q https://zxq9.com/projects/zomp/get_zx && bash get_zx
 export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
 zx import realm install_scripts/qpq.zrf
diff --git a/debian/install_scripts/install_wallet_apt b/debian/install_scripts/install_wallet_apt
index a593767..ef7c83b 100755
--- a/debian/install_scripts/install_wallet_apt
+++ b/debian/install_scripts/install_wallet_apt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-sudo apt -y install wget erlang
+# We actually only need
+#   erlang-base erlang-tools erlang-dev erlang-eunit erlang-inets erlang-wx
+# But erlang-wx gives 238 out of the 273 dependencies of a full erlang install.
+sudo apt -y install wget erlang --no-install-recommends
+
 wget -q https://zxq9.com/projects/zomp/get_zx && bash get_zx
 export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
 zx run gajudesk