diff --git a/docker/gerrit/base/Dockerfile b/docker/gerrit/base/Dockerfile
index 24f8803796..63e604e228 100644
--- a/docker/gerrit/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/gerrit/base/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ RUN assemble
 
 FROM docker.io/library/openjdk:8
 
+RUN echo 'APT::Install-Recommends "0";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/95disable-recommends
+
 # libcgi-pm-perl is for gitweb
 RUN apt-get update \
   && apt-get install -y dumb-init python3-launchpadlib python3-distutils \
diff --git a/docker/python-base/Dockerfile b/docker/python-base/Dockerfile
index 5c826fa71f..ffcbb9dd36 100644
--- a/docker/python-base/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/python-base/Dockerfile
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 FROM docker.io/library/python:3.7-slim
 
+RUN echo 'APT::Install-Recommends "0";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/95disable-recommends
+
 RUN apt-get update \
   && apt-get install -y dumb-init libjemalloc2 \
   && apt-get clean \
diff --git a/docker/python-builder/Dockerfile b/docker/python-builder/Dockerfile
index 08d1afc840..1b0785d90e 100644
--- a/docker/python-builder/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/python-builder/Dockerfile
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ RUN equivs-build /tmp/python3-dev.control
 
 FROM docker.io/library/python:3.7-slim
 
+RUN echo 'APT::Install-Recommends "0";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/95disable-recommends
+
 COPY --from=fake-python /tmp/python3-dev_4.0.0_all.deb /tmp/python3-dev_4.0.0_all.deb
 COPY scripts/assemble /usr/local/bin/assemble
 COPY scripts/get-extras-packages /usr/local/bin/get-extras-packages