diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage4-minimal.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage4-minimal.spec
index b2c847e3..ba0f14a8 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage4-minimal.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage4-minimal.spec
@@ -18,13 +18,11 @@ stage4/use:
 	urandom
 
 stage4/packages:
-	app-admin/sudo
 	net-misc/dhcp
 	sys-boot/grub
 	sys-apps/dmidecode
 	sys-apps/gptfdisk
 	sys-apps/iproute2
-	sys-apps/lsb-release
 	sys-devel/bc
 	sys-power/acpid
 stage4/fsscript: @REPO_DIR@/releases/weekly/scripts/cloud-prep.sh
@@ -42,6 +40,7 @@ boot/kernel/gentoo/gk_kernargs: --all-ramdisk-modules
 
 # all of the cleanup...
 stage4/unmerge:
+	sys-devel/bc
 	sys-kernel/genkernel
 	sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
 
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage4-nomultilib-minimal.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage4-nomultilib-minimal.spec
index 1944ced4..3986cee8 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage4-nomultilib-minimal.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/stage4-nomultilib-minimal.spec
@@ -18,13 +18,11 @@ stage4/use:
 	urandom
 
 stage4/packages:
-	app-admin/sudo
 	net-misc/dhcp
   net-misc/iputils
 	sys-boot/grub
 	sys-apps/gptfdisk
 	sys-apps/iproute2
-	sys-apps/lsb-release
 	sys-devel/bc
 	sys-power/acpid
 stage4/fsscript: @REPO_DIR@/releases/weekly/scripts/cloud-prep.sh
@@ -42,6 +40,7 @@ boot/kernel/gentoo/gk_kernargs: --all-ramdisk-modules
 
 # all of the cleanup...
 stage4/unmerge:
+	sys-devel/bc
 	sys-kernel/genkernel
 	sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
 
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-minimal.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-minimal.spec
index a868b635..312150ab 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-minimal.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-minimal.spec
@@ -18,13 +18,11 @@ stage4/use:
 	urandom
 
 stage4/packages:
-	app-admin/sudo
 	net-misc/dhcp
 	net-misc/iputils
 	sys-boot/grub
 	sys-apps/gptfdisk
 	sys-apps/iproute2
-	sys-apps/lsb-release
 	sys-devel/bc
 	sys-power/acpid
 stage4/fsscript: @REPO_DIR@/releases/weekly/scripts/cloud-prep.sh
@@ -42,6 +40,7 @@ boot/kernel/gentoo/gk_kernargs: --all-ramdisk-modules
 
 # all of the cleanup...
 stage4/unmerge:
+	sys-devel/bc
 	sys-kernel/genkernel
 	sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
 
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-nomultilib-minimal.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-nomultilib-minimal.spec
index 76bf8106..32f5629a 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-nomultilib-minimal.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-nomultilib-minimal.spec
@@ -18,13 +18,11 @@ stage4/use:
 	urandom
 
 stage4/packages:
-	app-admin/sudo
 	net-misc/dhcp
 	net-misc/iputils
 	sys-boot/grub
 	sys-apps/gptfdisk
 	sys-apps/iproute2
-	sys-apps/lsb-release
 	sys-devel/bc
 	sys-power/acpid
 stage4/fsscript: @REPO_DIR@/releases/weekly/scripts/cloud-prep.sh
@@ -42,6 +40,7 @@ boot/kernel/gentoo/gk_kernargs: --all-ramdisk-modules
 
 # all of the cleanup...
 stage4/unmerge:
+	sys-devel/bc
 	sys-kernel/genkernel
 	sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
 
diff --git a/tools-systemd/stage4-amd64.spec b/tools-systemd/stage4-amd64.spec
index 720fc694..880db3ad 100644
--- a/tools-systemd/stage4-amd64.spec
+++ b/tools-systemd/stage4-amd64.spec
@@ -19,13 +19,11 @@ stage4/use:
 	urandom
 
 stage4/packages:
-	app-admin/sudo
 	net-misc/dhcp
 	net-misc/iputils
 	sys-boot/grub
 	sys-apps/gptfdisk
 	sys-apps/iproute2
-	sys-apps/lsb-release
 	sys-devel/bc
 	sys-power/acpid
 stage4/fsscript: @REPO_DIR@/releases/weekly/scripts/cloud-prep.sh
@@ -43,6 +41,7 @@ boot/kernel/gentoo/gk_kernargs: --all-ramdisk-modules
 
 # all of the cleanup...
 stage4/unmerge:
+	sys-devel/bc
 	sys-kernel/genkernel
 	sys-kernel/gentoo-sources