diff --git a/src/freedombone-image-customise b/src/freedombone-image-customise
index 8b4282de..eef9171c 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-image-customise
+++ b/src/freedombone-image-customise
@@ -1020,6 +1020,12 @@ function image_setup_utils {
     if [ $INSTALLING_MESH ]; then
         return
     fi
+    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install apt-transport-https
+    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq remove --purge apache*
+    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq dist-upgrade
+    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install ca-certificates
+    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install apt-utils
+    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install awk libdebconfclient0 libbz2-1.0
     chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install nfs-kernel-server
 
     if [[ $ARCHITECTURE == 'amd64' ]]; then
@@ -1047,11 +1053,6 @@ function image_setup_utils {
     rm $rootdir/root/sysctl.conf
 
     # all the packages
-    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install apt-transport-https
-    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq remove --purge apache*
-    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq dist-upgrade
-    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install ca-certificates
-    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install apt-utils
     chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install cryptsetup libgfshare-bin obnam sshpass wget avahi-daemon
     chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install avahi-utils avahi-discover connect-proxy openssh-server
     chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install sudo git dialog build-essential avahi-daemon avahi-utils
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-setup b/src/freedombone-utils-setup
index cbabe118..8525379f 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-setup
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-setup
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ function initial_setup {
     apt-get -yq dist-upgrade
     apt-get -yq install ca-certificates
     apt-get -yq install apt-utils
-    apt-get -yq install awk
     apt-get -yq install cryptsetup libgfshare-bin obnam sshpass wget avahi-daemon
     apt-get -yq install avahi-utils avahi-discover connect-proxy openssh-server
     apt-get -yq install sudo git dialog build-essential avahi-daemon avahi-utils