diff --git a/tasks/apt.yml b/tasks/apt.yml
index 9eabf3146..bf4746913 100644
--- a/tasks/apt.yml
+++ b/tasks/apt.yml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
   apt:
     name: '{{ os_security_packages_list }}'
     state: 'absent'
+    purge: 'yes'
   when: os_security_packages_clean | bool
diff --git a/tasks/yum.yml b/tasks/yum.yml
index 9902af69b..a123f7548 100644
--- a/tasks/yum.yml
+++ b/tasks/yum.yml
@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@
   yum:
     name: '{{ os_security_packages_list }}'
     state: 'absent'
+    purge: 'yes'
   when: os_security_packages_clean | bool