diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a25be3e..f677706 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,23 @@ To know more command-line options of `latexmk`:
 docker run --rm --net=none leplusorg/latex latexmk -h
 ```
 
+## texlive vs texlive-full
+
+Version 1 of this image was using the
+[texlive-full](https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=texlive-full&searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all)
+debian package to include as much TeX Live packages pre-installed as
+possible. But the resulting docker image was over 4 GB making it slow
+to download and breaking some CI/CD disk limits (including the free
+tier of GitHub Actions that I use). To keep the image usable by as many
+people as possible, I decided with version 2 and above to switch
+to the default
+[texlive](https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=texlive&searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all)
+package.
+
+If you need more TeX Live packages, you have the following options:
+- use version 1 of this docker image (i.e. leplusorg/latex:1).
+- use the image this fork is based on (i.e. aergus/latex).
+
 ## Request new tool
 
 Please use [this link](https://github.com/leplusorg/docker-latex/issues/new?assignees=thomasleplus&labels=enhancement&template=feature_request.md&title=%5BFEAT%5D) (GitHub account required) to request that a new tool be added to the image. I am always interested in adding new capabilities to these images.
diff --git a/latex/Dockerfile b/latex/Dockerfile
index 9ac2527..384cdee 100644
--- a/latex/Dockerfile
+++ b/latex/Dockerfile
@@ -5,36 +5,9 @@ ARG USER_HOME=/home/latex
 ARG USER_ID=1000
 ARG USER_GECOS=LaTeX
 
-ARG WGET=wget
-ARG GIT=git
-ARG SSH=openssh-client
-ARG MAKE=make
-ARG PANDOC=pandoc
-ARG PYGMENTS=python3-pygments
-ARG PYTHONIS=python-is-python3
-ARG FIG2DEV=fig2dev
-ARG JRE=default-jre-headless
-
 # hadolint ignore=DL3008
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
-  texlive-full \
-  # some auxiliary tools
-  "$WGET" \
-  "$GIT" \
-  "$SSH" \
-  "$MAKE" \
-  # markup format conversion tool
-  "$PANDOC" \
-  # XFig utilities
-  "$FIG2DEV" \
-  # syntax highlighting package
-  "$PYGMENTS" \
-  # temporary fix for minted, see https://github.com/gpoore/minted/issues/277
-  "$PYTHONIS" \
-  # Java runtime environment (e.g. for arara)
-  "$JRE" \
-  # will be used to add a user
-  adduser && \
+RUN apt-get update && \
+  apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y adduser chktex ghostscript lacheck latexmk texlive texlive-latex-extra && \
   # Removing documentation packages *after* installing them is kind of hacky,
   # but it only adds some overhead while building the image.
   apt-get --purge remove -y .\*-doc$ && \
@@ -43,8 +16,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN adduser \
-  --home "$USER_HOME" \
-  --uid $USER_ID \
-  --gecos "$USER_GECOS" \
+  --home "${USER_HOME}" \
+  --uid "${USER_ID}" \
+  --gecos "${USER_GECOS}" \
   --disabled-password \
-  "$USER_NAME"
+  "${USER_NAME}"