diff --git a/ci/docker/Dockerfile b/ci/docker/Dockerfile
index b647a7af..7a603dc0 100644
--- a/ci/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
         git \
         autoconf \
         automake \
-        libfuse2 \
         cimg-dev \
         cmake \
         googletest \
diff --git a/include/linuxdeploy/util/misc.h b/include/linuxdeploy/util/misc.h
index f954ce7f..7ac7d948 100644
--- a/include/linuxdeploy/util/misc.h
+++ b/include/linuxdeploy/util/misc.h
@@ -135,7 +135,17 @@ namespace linuxdeploy {
                 }
 
                 return {};
-            };
+            }
+
+            // returns a string vector splitted from envVar
+            static std::vector<std::string> splitEnv(const char *envVar, char delimiter) {
+                std::vector<std::string> result;
+                const auto ret = getenv(envVar);
+                if (ret) {
+                    result = split(ret, delimiter);
+                }
+                return result;
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/appdir.cpp b/src/core/appdir.cpp
index 4a77b3ca..6f918e51 100644
--- a/src/core/appdir.cpp
+++ b/src/core/appdir.cpp
@@ -123,9 +123,11 @@ namespace linuxdeploy {
                     bool disableCopyrightFilesDeployment = false;
 
                 public:
-                PrivateData() : copyOperationsStorage(), stripOperations(), setElfRPathOperations(), visitedFiles(), appDirPath(), excludeLibraryPatterns() {
+                PrivateData() : copyOperationsStorage(), stripOperations(), setElfRPathOperations(), visitedFiles(), appDirPath() {
                         copyrightFilesManager = copyright::ICopyrightFilesManager::getInstance();
-                    };
+
+                        excludeLibraryPatterns = util::misc::splitEnv("LINUXDEPLOY_EXCLUDED_LIBRARIES", ';');
+                    }
 
                 public:
                     // calculate library directory name for given ELF file, taking system architecture into account
@@ -656,7 +658,7 @@ namespace linuxdeploy {
             AppDir::AppDir(const std::string& path) : AppDir(fs::path(path)) {}
 
             void AppDir::setExcludeLibraryPatterns(const std::vector<std::string> &excludeLibraryPatterns) {
-                d->excludeLibraryPatterns = excludeLibraryPatterns;
+                d->excludeLibraryPatterns.insert(d->excludeLibraryPatterns.end(), excludeLibraryPatterns.begin(), excludeLibraryPatterns.end());
             }
 
             bool AppDir::createBasicStructure() const {