diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 72ee4e76..194f4ff0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
   - able to install bauh with python/pip without enforcing requirements through the environment variable `BAUH_SETUP_NO_REQS=1`
 
 - Distribution
-    - AppImage: -~50% size reduction (141.93 MB -> 72.20 MB) [#1ba610da9d651f627b3c6163bbcf8ecfd17276b5](https://github.com/vinifmor/bauh/commit/1ba610da9d651f627b3c6163bbcf8ecfd17276b5)
+    - AppImage: -~32% size reduction (141.93 MB -> 96.32 MB)
 
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/linux_dist/appimage/AppImageBuilder.yml b/linux_dist/appimage/AppImageBuilder.yml
index 193a9015..14c423dc 100755
--- a/linux_dist/appimage/AppImageBuilder.yml
+++ b/linux_dist/appimage/AppImageBuilder.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ version: 1
 script:
   - rm -rf AppDir appimage-builder-cache *.AppImage *.zsync |true
   - mkdir -p AppDir/usr
+  - mkdir -p AppDir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
+  - mkdir -p AppDir/usr/share/applications
+  - wget https://github.com/vinifmor/bauh/archive/${BAUH_VERSION}.tar.gz || exit 1
+  - BAUH_SETUP_NO_REQS=1 pip3 install ${BAUH_VERSION}.tar.gz --prefix=/usr --root=AppDir || exit 1
+  - tar -xf ${BAUH_VERSION}.tar.gz || exit 1
+  - cd bauh-${BAUH_VERSION} || exit 1
+  - cp bauh/view/resources/img/logo.svg ../AppDir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/bauh.svg || exit 1
+  - cp bauh/desktop/bauh.desktop ../AppDir/usr/share/applications || exit 1
 
 
 AppDir:
@@ -14,7 +22,7 @@ AppDir:
     version: !ENV ${BAUH_VERSION}
     exec: /usr/bin/python3
     exec_args: "$APPDIR/usr/bin/bauh $@"
- 
+
 
   apt:
     arch: amd64
@@ -24,31 +32,40 @@ AppDir:
 
     include:
       - python3
-      - python3-pip
-      - python3-setuptools
       - python3-requests
       - python3-colorama
       - python3-dateutil
       - python3-yaml
       - python3-packaging
-      - python3-pyqt5
       - python3-lxml
       - python3-bs4
       - sqlite3
       - wget
-      - libfreetype6
-      - libfontconfig1
-    exclude: []
+      # - libfreetype6
+      # - libfontconfig1
+    exclude:
+        - dpkg
+        - apt
+        - aptitude
+        - python3-pip
+        - python3-setuptools
+        - python3-distutils
+        - libc-bin
+        - libc-dev-bin
+        - libc6
+        - libc6-dbg
+        - libc6-dev
+
+  after_bundle:
+      - pip3 install pyqt5 --prefix=/usr --root=AppDir || exit 1
+      - cd AppDir/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/PyQt5/Qt5/plugins || exit 1
+      - rm -rf audio gamepad gamepads geoservices printsupport sceneparsers sensorgestures sensors sqldrivers texttospeech webview || exit 1
+      - cd ../
+      - cd lib/ || exit 1
+      - rm libQt5Bluetooth.so.5 libQt5Designer.so.5 libQt5Multimedia.so.5 libQt5MultimediaGstTools.so.5 libQt5MultimediaWidgets.so.5 || exit 1
+      - rm libQt5Quick3D.so.5 libQt5Quick3DAssetImport.so.5 libQt5Quick3DRender.so.5 libQt5Quick3DRuntimeRender.so.5 libQt5QuickTest.so.5 || exit 1
+      - rm libQt5Quick3DUtils.so.5 libQt5PrintSupport.so.5 libQt5SerialPort.so.5 libQt5Sql.so.5 libQt5Sensors.so.5 libQt5Test.so.5 libQt5WebView.so.5 || exit 1
 
-  after_bundle:   
-    - mkdir -p AppDir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
-    - mkdir -p AppDir/usr/share/applications
-    - wget https://github.com/vinifmor/bauh/archive/${BAUH_VERSION}.tar.gz || exit 1
-    - tar -xf ${BAUH_VERSION}.tar.gz || exit 1
-    - cd bauh-${BAUH_VERSION} || exit 1
-    - cp bauh/view/resources/img/logo.svg ../AppDir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/bauh.svg || exit 1
-    - cp bauh/desktop/bauh.desktop ../AppDir/usr/share/applications || exit 1
-    - BAUH_SETUP_NO_REQS=1 python3 setup.py install --prefix=/usr --root=../AppDir --optimize=1  || exit 1
 
   runtime:
     version: "continuous"