>> You should do something along the lines of the following: >> >> (remove (lambda (service) >> (let ((type (service-type-name (service-kind service)))) >> (or (eq? type 'mingetty) >> (eq? type 'console-fonts)))) >> %base-services) > > thank you for your suggestion but this does not work You need to use remove from (srfi srfi-1), not from (rnrs lists). In your container-minimal.scm, replace (use-modules (rnrs lists)) with (use-modules (srfi srfi-1))