diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index a1821e0..760e984 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ sed -i 's|.*MaxRetentionSec=.*|MaxRetentionSec=1week|g' /etc/systemd/journald.co
 systemctl restart systemd-journald.service
 
 # install some handy extra packages
-DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install gdu exa pwgen mailutils --no-install-recommends
-# --no-install-recommends is required to keep mailutils from pulling in postfix & mysql
+DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install gdu exa pwgen
 
 # install
 chmod 750 sbin/*