diff --git a/roles/bkernel/files/bkernel-site-defaults.cfg b/roles/bkernel/files/bkernel-site-defaults.cfg
index 83c4c84068..2b973e0378 100644
--- a/roles/bkernel/files/bkernel-site-defaults.cfg
+++ b/roles/bkernel/files/bkernel-site-defaults.cfg
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@ config_opts['plugin_conf']['package_state_enable'] = False
 config_opts['macros']['%bugurl'] = 'https://bugz.fedoraproject.org/%name'
 config_opts['nosync'] = True
 config_opts['nosync_force'] = True
-config_opts['environment']['LANG'] = os.environ.setdefault('LANG', 'C.UTF-8')
+config_opts['dnf_common_opts'] = ['--setopt=install_weak_deps=0']
+config_opts['environment']['LANG'] = 'C.UTF-8'
+config_opts['use_bootstrap'] = False
+config_opts['dnf_warning'] = False