diff --git a/e2e/Dockerfile b/e2e/Dockerfile
index e8b0c3303..3d569b2fb 100644
--- a/e2e/Dockerfile
+++ b/e2e/Dockerfile
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ COPY manifests ./manifests
 COPY e2e/requirements.txt e2e/tests ./
 
 RUN apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip curl \
+    && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y python3 python3-setuptools python3-pip curl \
     && pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt \
     && curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.14.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl \
     && chmod +x ./kubectl \
-    && mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+    && mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl \
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 CMD ["python3", "-m", "unittest", "discover", "--start-directory", ".", "-v"]
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