diff --git a/components/desktops/gnome.xml b/components/desktops/gnome.xml
index c980a32..17ffc36 100644
--- a/components/desktops/gnome.xml
+++ b/components/desktops/gnome.xml
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@
 	<packages type="image" patternType="plusRecommended" profiles="GNOME-Desktop">
 		<!-- install env-group to resolve RhBug:1891500 -->
 		<namedCollection name="workstation-product-environment"/>
+		<!-- space saving, see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2360056#c45 -->
+		<ignore name="python3-boto3"/>
 	</packages>
 </image>