diff --git a/scripts/install_services.sh b/scripts/install_services.sh
index c623ce2..9ba3a96 100755
--- a/scripts/install_services.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_services.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ install_depends() {
   curl -1sLf 'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/caddy/stable/debian.deb.txt' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/caddy-stable.list
   apt -qqq update && apt -qqy upgrade
   echo "icecast2 icecast2/icecast-setup boolean false" | debconf-set-selections
-  apt install -qqy caddy sqlite3 php-sqlite3 php-fpm php-curl php-xml php-zip php icecast2 \
+  apt install --no-install-recommends -qqy caddy sqlite3 php-sqlite3 php-fpm php-curl php-xml php-zip php icecast2 \
     pulseaudio avahi-utils sox libsox-fmt-mp3 alsa-utils ffmpeg \
     wget curl unzip bc \
     python3-pip python3-venv lsof net-tools inotify-tools
diff --git a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
index a4d3f62..83a91ef 100755
--- a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
@@ -120,10 +120,6 @@ if ! which inotifywait &>/dev/null;then
   ensure_apt_updated
   apt-get -y install inotify-tools
 fi
-if ! which gcc &>/dev/null;then
-  ensure_apt_updated
-  apt-get -y install gcc python3-dev
-fi
 
 apprise_version=$($HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/python3 -c "import apprise; print(apprise.__version__)")
 [[ $apprise_version != "1.9.0" ]] && sudo_with_user $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/pip3 install apprise==1.9.0