diff --git a/roles/bootstrap/vars/main.yml b/roles/bootstrap/vars/main.yml
index a688320..5910ab2 100644
--- a/roles/bootstrap/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bootstrap/vars/main.yml
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ bootstrap_rhel: "{{ bootstrap_rhel_base + bootstrap_rhel_versioned }}"
 bootstrap_almalinux: >-
   {{
     bootstrap_rhel_base
-    + ['grub2', 'grub2-efi', 'dbus-daemon', 'lrzsz',
+    + ['grub2', 'grub2-efi',
        'nfsv4-client-utils', 'nc', 'ppp', 'python3', 'zram-generator']
+    + (['dbus-daemon'] if (os_version_major | default('10') | int) >= 9 else [])
   }}
 
 bootstrap_rocky: >-