diff --git a/modules/videoio/misc/plugin_ffmpeg/Dockerfile-ffmpeg b/modules/videoio/misc/plugin_ffmpeg/Dockerfile-ffmpeg
index 69444a42de..421254157f 100644
--- a/modules/videoio/misc/plugin_ffmpeg/Dockerfile-ffmpeg
+++ b/modules/videoio/misc/plugin_ffmpeg/Dockerfile-ffmpeg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM ubuntu:18.04
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get --no-install-recommends install -y \
         pkg-config \
         cmake \
         g++ \
diff --git a/modules/videoio/misc/plugin_ffmpeg/Dockerfile-ubuntu b/modules/videoio/misc/plugin_ffmpeg/Dockerfile-ubuntu
index ed75fe559f..105e17cba7 100644
--- a/modules/videoio/misc/plugin_ffmpeg/Dockerfile-ubuntu
+++ b/modules/videoio/misc/plugin_ffmpeg/Dockerfile-ubuntu
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ARG VER
 FROM ubuntu:$VER
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get --no-install-recommends install -y \
         libavcodec-dev \
         libavfilter-dev \
         libavformat-dev \
diff --git a/modules/videoio/misc/plugin_gstreamer/Dockerfile b/modules/videoio/misc/plugin_gstreamer/Dockerfile
index 1b72b86e25..f335216e5c 100644
--- a/modules/videoio/misc/plugin_gstreamer/Dockerfile
+++ b/modules/videoio/misc/plugin_gstreamer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM ubuntu:18.04
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get --no-install-recommends install -y \
         libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \
         libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-dev \
         libgstreamer1.0-dev \