diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/gencode-remote
index e02564a2..f3d91566 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/gencode-remote
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ esac
 
 # Hint if we need to avoid questions at some point:
 # DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical can reduce the number of questions
-aptget="DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get --quiet --yes --no-install-recommends -o Dpkg::Options::=\"--force-confdef\" -o Dpkg::Options::=\"--force-confold\""
+aptget="DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get --quiet --yes -o APT::Install-Recommends=0 -o Dpkg::Options::=\"--force-confdef\" -o Dpkg::Options::=\"--force-confold\""
 
 if [ "$state_is" = "$state_should" ]; then
     if [ -z "$version" ] || [ "$version" = "$version_is" ]; then