diff --git a/mkosi.presets/00-base/mkosi.extra/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/00-mkosi.preset b/mkosi.presets/00-base/mkosi.extra/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/00-mkosi.preset
index d2e5cd0a05..fbc64f4b39 100644
--- a/mkosi.presets/00-base/mkosi.extra/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/00-mkosi.preset
+++ b/mkosi.presets/00-base/mkosi.extra/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/00-mkosi.preset
@@ -18,3 +18,8 @@ enable dbus-broker.service
 # systemd-networkd is disabled by default on Fedora so make sure it is enabled.
 enable systemd-networkd.service
 enable systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
+
+# We install dnf in some images but it's only going to be used rarely to install extra packages so let's not
+# have dnf create its cache.
+disable dnf-makecache.timer
+disable dnf-makecache.service