diff --git a/config/recipe.yml b/config/recipe.yml
index 1533f85..7931fd8 100644
--- a/config/recipe.yml
+++ b/config/recipe.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ modules:
     repos:
       # - https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/atim/starship/repo/fedora-%OS_VERSION%/atim-starship-fedora-%OS_VERSION%.repo
     install:
-      - python3-pip # required for yafti
-      - libadwaita # required for yafti
+      # - micro
+      # - starship
     remove:
       - firefox # default firefox removed in favor of flatpak
       - firefox-langpacks # langpacks needs to also be removed to prevent dependency problems
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ modules:
       # - devpod # https://devpod.sh/ as an rpm
 
 
-  - type: yafti # if included, https://github.com/ublue-os/yafti will be installed and set up
+  - type: yafti # if included, yafti and it's dependencies (pip & libadwaita)
+                #  will be installed and set up
     custom-flatpaks: # this section is optional
       # - Celluloid: io.github.celluloid_player.Celluloid
       # - Krita: org.kde.krita
diff --git a/modules/yafti/yafti.sh b/modules/yafti/yafti.sh
index cf3e475..4625120 100644
--- a/modules/yafti/yafti.sh
+++ b/modules/yafti/yafti.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ set -oue pipefail
 FIRSTBOOT_DATA="/usr/share/ublue-os/firstboot"
 FIRSTBOOT_LINK="/usr/etc/profile.d/ublue-firstboot.sh"
 
+echo "Installing python3-pip and libadwaita"
+rpm-ostree install python3-pip libadwaita
+
 echo "Installing and enabling yafti"
 pip install --prefix=/usr yafti