diff --git a/ad-auth/tasks/sssd.yml b/ad-auth/tasks/sssd.yml
index 654f5e359c085fce07ea8e1f46bdf2e711b1703c..ecc41bc936121b570a1f4555b5578c0b2d5e3fa5 100644
--- a/ad-auth/tasks/sssd.yml
+++ b/ad-auth/tasks/sssd.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # file: roles/ad-auth/tasks/sssd.yml
 
 - name: ensure sssd is installed
-  apt: name="{{ item }}" state=installed
+  apt: name="{{ item }}" state=installed install_recommends=no
   with_items:
     - sssd
     - libpam-sss