Introducing stretch is a unique opportunity for such a change. APT doesn't have a functionality similar to APK's `virtual`, but looks this could be enough: ``` apt-get purge --auto-remove -o APT::AutoRemove::RecommendsImportant=false $PHPIZE_DEPS ``` Certainly, `docker-php-ext-install` would need to be also modified to re-install `$PHPIZE_DEPS`.