diff --git a/src/freedombone-image-customise b/src/freedombone-image-customise
index b724a55ddf63b3b21bd61b956c1718ccf934a1f6..f5acec42504e6d101f45f7e93ebff67a4403ac27 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-image-customise
+++ b/src/freedombone-image-customise
@@ -931,6 +931,9 @@ initialise_mesh
 configure_wifi
 configure_user_interface
 
+# remove downloaded packages
+chroot $rootdir apt-get clean
+
 cd /
 echo $"info: killing leftover processes in chroot"
 fuser -mvk $rootdir/. || true