diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/packages.yml b/roles/common/tasks/packages.yml
index 54f8610..62ba368 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/packages.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/packages.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 - name: configure packages via apt
   block:
     - name: update apt packages
-      apt: upgrade=yes update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=86400
+      apt: upgrade=yes autoremove=yes update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=86400
     - name: install basic packages
       apt:
         name: