diff --git a/deployment/check/common/targetNode.nix b/deployment/check/common/targetNode.nix
index e88be811..2592b5fe 100644
--- a/deployment/check/common/targetNode.nix
+++ b/deployment/check/common/targetNode.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ in
   _class = "nixos";
 
   imports = [
+    (modulesPath + "/profiles/minimal.nix")
     (modulesPath + "/profiles/qemu-guest.nix")
     (modulesPath + "/../lib/testing/nixos-test-base.nix")
     ./sharedOptions.nix