diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/autoyast.leap b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/autoyast.leap
index 7f9d08f7..e92ec9fd 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/autoyast.leap
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/autoyast.leap
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ dynamic behavior and replace with static configuration.
       <hwclock>UTC</hwclock>
       <timezone>%%TIMEZONE%%</timezone>
     </timezone>
+    <firstboot>
+      <firstboot_enabled config:type="boolean">false</firstboot_enabled>
+    </firstboot>
+    <kdump>
+      <add_crash_kernel config:type="boolean">false</add_crash_kernel>
+    </kdump>
     <general>
       <self_update config:type="boolean">false</self_update>
       <mode>
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/initprofile.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/initprofile.sh
index 9c6c295e..62a2663e 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/initprofile.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/initprofile.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# WARNING
+# be careful when editing files here as this script is called
+# in parallel to other copy operations, so changes to files can be lost
 discnum=$(basename $1)
 if [ "$discnum" != 1 ]; then exit 0; fi
 if [ -e $2/boot/kernel ]; then exit 0; fi
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/post.d/10-remove-online-repos.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/post.d/10-remove-online-repos.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ae8224e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/post.d/10-remove-online-repos.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+# remove online repos
+grep -lE "baseurl=https?://download.opensuse.org" /etc/zypp/repos.d/*repo | xargs rm --
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/server/autoyast.leap b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/server/autoyast.leap
index 7f9d08f7..e92ec9fd 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/server/autoyast.leap
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/server/autoyast.leap
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ dynamic behavior and replace with static configuration.
       <hwclock>UTC</hwclock>
       <timezone>%%TIMEZONE%%</timezone>
     </timezone>
+    <firstboot>
+      <firstboot_enabled config:type="boolean">false</firstboot_enabled>
+    </firstboot>
+    <kdump>
+      <add_crash_kernel config:type="boolean">false</add_crash_kernel>
+    </kdump>
     <general>
       <self_update config:type="boolean">false</self_update>
       <mode>
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/server/initprofile.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/server/initprofile.sh
index 9c6c295e..62a2663e 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/server/initprofile.sh
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/server/initprofile.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# WARNING
+# be careful when editing files here as this script is called
+# in parallel to other copy operations, so changes to files can be lost
 discnum=$(basename $1)
 if [ "$discnum" != 1 ]; then exit 0; fi
 if [ -e $2/boot/kernel ]; then exit 0; fi
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/server/scripts/post.d/10-remove-online-repos.sh b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/server/scripts/post.d/10-remove-online-repos.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ae8224e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/server/scripts/post.d/10-remove-online-repos.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+# remove online repos
+grep -lE "baseurl=https?://download.opensuse.org" /etc/zypp/repos.d/*repo | xargs rm --