diff --git a/templates/lxc-opensuse.in b/templates/lxc-opensuse.in
index 96891c0..232e467 100644
--- a/templates/lxc-opensuse.in
+++ b/templates/lxc-opensuse.in
@@ -148,18 +148,16 @@ download_opensuse()
     fi
     zypper --quiet --root $cache/partial-$arch-packages --non-interactive ar "$oss_repo_url" repo-oss || return 1
 
-    update_repo_url="http://download.opensuse.org/update/$DISTRO/repo/oss"
     # Leap update repos were rearranged
-    if [[ $DISTRO == "leap/4"* ]] || [[ $DISTRO == "leap/1"* ]]; then
-        update_repo_url="http://download.opensuse.org/update/$DISTRO/oss/"
-    fi
-    # tumbleweed has no update repo
     if [[ $DISTRO != "tumbleweed" ]]; then
+        update_repo_url="http://download.opensuse.org/update/$DISTRO/oss/"
         zypper --quiet --root $cache/partial-$arch-packages --non-interactive ar "$update_repo_url" update || return 1
     fi
 
+    support_packages=(zypper patterns-openSUSE-base lxc ncurses-utils iputils udev netcfg hwinfo insserv-compat module-init-tools openSUSE-release openssh pwdutils sysconfig net-tools iproute2)
+
     zypper --quiet --root $cache/partial-$arch-packages --non-interactive --gpg-auto-import-keys update || return 1
-    zypper --root $cache/partial-$arch-packages --non-interactive in --auto-agree-with-licenses --download-only zypper lxc patterns-openSUSE-base bash iputils sed tar rsyslog || return 1
+    zypper --root $cache/partial-$arch-packages --non-interactive in --no-recommends --auto-agree-with-licenses --download-only zypper lxc patterns-openSUSE-base bash iputils sed tar rsyslog ${support_packages[*]} || return 1
 
     cat > $cache/partial-$arch-packages/opensuse.conf << EOF
 Preinstall: aaa_base bash coreutils diffutils
@@ -172,40 +170,19 @@ Preinstall: libpcre1
 
 RunScripts: aaa_base
 
-Support: zypper
-Support: patterns-openSUSE-base
-Support: lxc
-Support: ncurses-utils
-Support: iputils
-Support: udev
-Support: netcfg
-Support: hwinfo insserv-compat module-init-tools openSUSE-release openssh
-Support: pwdutils sysconfig
+Support: ${support_packages[*]}
 
 Ignore: rpm:suse-build-key,build-key
 Ignore: systemd:systemd-presets-branding
 EOF
 
-    if [ $DISTRO = "13.2" ]
-    then
-	echo "Support: python3-base" >> $cache/partial-$arch-packages/opensuse.conf
-    fi
-
     if [[ $DISTRO == "tumbleweed" ]]; then
-	echo "Preinstall: liblua5_3 libncurses6 libreadline7" >> $cache/partial-$arch-packages/opensuse.conf
-    else
-	echo "Preinstall: liblua5_1 libncurses5 libreadline6" >> $cache/partial-$arch-packages/opensuse.conf
-	echo "Support: rpcbind" >> $cache/partial-$arch-packages/opensuse.conf
-    fi
-
-    # dhcpcd is not in the default repos since Leap 42.1, neither in tumbleweed
-    if [[ $DISTRO != "leap/4"* ]] && [[ $DISTRO != "leap/1"* ]] && [[ $DISTRO != "tumbleweed" ]]; then
-        echo "Support: dhcpcd" >> $cache/partial-$arch-packages/opensuse.conf
-    fi
-
-    # Leap and tumbleweed doesn't seem to have iproute2 utils installed
-    if [[ $DISTRO == "leap/4"* ]] || [[ $DISTRO == "leap/1"* ]] || [[ $DISTRO == "tumbleweed" ]]; then
-        echo "Support: net-tools iproute2" >> $cache/partial-$arch-packages/opensuse.conf
+        echo "Preinstall: liblua5_3 libncurses6 libreadline7" >> $cache/partial-$arch-packages/opensuse.conf
+    elif [[ $DISTRO == "leap/1"* ]]; then
+        echo "Preinstall: liblua5_3-5 libncurses6 libreadline7" >> $cache/partial-$arch-packages/opensuse.conf
+    elif [[ $DISTRO == "leap/4"* ]]; then
+        echo "Preinstall: liblua5_1 libncurses5 libreadline6" >> $cache/partial-$arch-packages/opensuse.conf
+        echo "Support: rpcbind" >> $cache/partial-$arch-packages/opensuse.conf
     fi
 
     if [ "$arch" = "i686" ]; then
@@ -221,10 +198,14 @@ EOF
 
     # openSUSE 13.2 has no noarch directory in update
     [ -d $cache/partial-$arch-packages/var/cache/zypp/packages/update/noarch ] || mkdir -p $cache/partial-$arch-packages/var/cache/zypp/packages/update/noarch
-
-    repos=("--repository" "$cache/partial-$arch-packages/var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-oss/suse/$arch" "--repository" "$cache/partial-$arch-packages/var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-oss/suse/noarch")
+    if [[ $DISTRO == "leap/4"* ]]; then
+        repos=("--repository" "$cache/partial-$arch-packages/var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-oss/suse/$arch" "--repository" "$cache/partial-$arch-packages/var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-oss/suse/noarch")
+    else
+        # Leap 15 has a different repo structure compared to 42.3
+        repos=("--repository" "$cache/partial-$arch-packages/var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-oss/$arch" "--repository" "$cache/partial-$arch-packages/var/cache/zypp/packages/repo-oss/noarch")
+    fi
     if [[ $DISTRO != "tumbleweed" ]]; then # tumbleweed has no update repo
-	repos+=("--repository" "$cache/partial-$arch-packages/var/cache/zypp/packages/update/$arch" "--repository" "$cache/partial-$arch-packages/var/cache/zypp/packages/update/noarch")
+        repos+=("--repository" "$cache/partial-$arch-packages/var/cache/zypp/packages/update/$arch" "--repository" "$cache/partial-$arch-packages/var/cache/zypp/packages/update/noarch")
     fi
 
     CLEAN_BUILD=1 BUILD_ARCH="$arch" BUILD_ROOT="$cache/partial-$arch" BUILD_DIST="$cache/partial-$arch-packages/opensuse.conf" PATH="$PATH:$BUILD_DIR" $BUILD_DIR/init_buildsystem  --clean --configdir $BUILD_DIR/configs --cachedir $cache/partial-$arch-cache ${repos[*]} || return 1