diff --git a/scripts/_base/001-desktop-environment.sh b/scripts/_base/001-desktop-environment.sh
index b24ffcd..73c4c96 100644
--- a/scripts/_base/001-desktop-environment.sh
+++ b/scripts/_base/001-desktop-environment.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,11 @@
 
 set -euox pipefail
 
+excludes=()
+
+# Make excludes a comma-separated string
+excludes=$(IFS=, ; echo "${excludes[*]}")
+
 # Install the base-graphical meta-package
-dnf install -y @base-graphical
+dnf install -y @base-graphical \
+    --exclude "${excludes}"
diff --git a/scripts/_silverblue/001-desktop-environment.sh b/scripts/_silverblue/001-desktop-environment.sh
index 4e157a9..37d31c2 100644
--- a/scripts/_silverblue/001-desktop-environment.sh
+++ b/scripts/_silverblue/001-desktop-environment.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,45 @@
 set -euox pipefail
 
 # Install the desktop environment
-dnf install -y @gnome-desktop
+excludes=(
+    "baobab"
+    "cheese"
+    "evince"
+    "evince-djvu"
+    "evince-nautilus"
+    "file-roller"
+    "file-roller-nautilus"
+    "gnome-boxes"
+    "gnome-calculator"
+    "gnome-calendar"
+    "gnome-characters"
+    "gnome-clocks"
+    "gnome-connections"
+    "gnome-contacts"
+    "gnome-documents"
+    "gnome-font-viewer"
+    "gnome-logs"
+    "gnome-maps"
+    "gnome-photos"
+    "gnome-screenshot"
+    "gnome-text-editor"
+    "gnome-weather"
+    "jwhois"
+    "loupe"
+    "rdist"
+    "sane-backends-drivers-scanners"
+    "simple-scan"
+    "snapshot"
+    "sushi"
+    "symlinks"
+    "tcpdump"
+    "telnet"
+    "totem"
+    "totem-nautilus"
+    "traceroute"
+
+    "PackageKit*"
+)
+
+dnf install -y @gnome-desktop --exclude "${excludes[*]}" --skip-broken
 systemctl enable gdm.service