diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample
index 17455015..5baefa73 100644
--- a/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ IMAGE_INSTALL = "hello-isar example-raw example-module-${KERNEL_NAME} enable-fsc
 IMAGE_INSTALL:remove:qemuamd64-sb = "example-module-${KERNEL_NAME}"
 IMAGE_INSTALL:append:qemuamd64-sb = " example-module-signed-${KERNEL_NAME}"
 
+#
+# Remove not-needed packages for containerized images.
+IMAGE_INSTALL:remove:container-amd64 = "example-module-${KERNEL_NAME} enable-fsck"
+
 #
 # Enable cross-compilation support
 ISAR_CROSS_COMPILE ?= "0"
diff --git a/meta-test/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-test/conf/local.conf.sample
index f692f533..029e0767 100644
--- a/meta-test/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-test/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ IMAGE_INSTALL = "hello-isar example-raw example-module-${KERNEL_NAME} enable-fsc
 IMAGE_INSTALL:remove:qemuamd64-sb = "example-module-${KERNEL_NAME}"
 IMAGE_INSTALL:append:qemuamd64-sb = " example-module-signed-${KERNEL_NAME}"
 
+# Remove not-needed packages for containerized images.
+IMAGE_INSTALL:remove:container-amd64 = "example-module-${KERNEL_NAME} enable-fsck"
+
 # Users and groups
 USERS += "root"
 USER_root[password] ??= "$6$rounds=10000$RXeWrnFmkY$DtuS/OmsAS2cCEDo0BF5qQsizIrq6jPgXnwv3PHqREJeKd1sXdHX/ayQtuQWVDHe0KIO0/sVH8dvQm1KthF0d/"
diff --git a/testsuite/cibuilder.py b/testsuite/cibuilder.py
index a4658ea7..0f26c906 100755
--- a/testsuite/cibuilder.py
+++ b/testsuite/cibuilder.py
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ class CIBuilder(Test):
                 f.write('BB_NO_NETWORK = "1"\n')
             if container:
                 f.write('SDK_FORMATS = "docker-archive"\n')
-                f.write('IMAGE_INSTALL:remove = "example-module-${KERNEL_NAME} enable-fsck"\n')
             if gpg_pub_key:
                 f.write('BASE_REPO_KEY="file://' + gpg_pub_key + '"\n')
             if wic_deploy_parts: