diff --git a/pkg/katautils/create.go b/pkg/katautils/create.go
index 9ef4cbb70c..95f89d046e 100644
--- a/pkg/katautils/create.go
+++ b/pkg/katautils/create.go
@@ -37,11 +37,94 @@ var systemdKernelParam = []vc.Param{
 	},
 }
 
+// kernel params to improve memory footprint
+var noTraceKernelParam = []vc.Param{
+	// No logs: agent has its own logging system
+	{
+		Key:   "systemd.mask",
+		Value: "systemd-journald.service",
+	},
+	{
+		Key:   "systemd.mask",
+		Value: "systemd-journald.socket",
+	},
+	{
+		Key:   "systemd.mask",
+		Value: "systemd-journal-flush.service",
+	},
+	{
+		Key:   "systemd.mask",
+		Value: "systemd-journald-dev-log.socket",
+	},
+	// No udev events: agent implements udev events
+	{
+		Key:   "systemd.mask",
+		Value: "systemd-udevd.service",
+	},
+	{
+		Key:   "systemd.mask",
+		Value: "systemd-udevd.socket",
+	},
+	{
+		Key:   "systemd.mask",
+		Value: "systemd-udev-trigger.service",
+	},
+	{
+		Key:   "systemd.mask",
+		Value: "systemd-udevd-kernel.socket",
+	},
+	{
+		Key:   "systemd.mask",
+		Value: "systemd-udevd-control.socket",
+	},
+	// No timesync: kata is able to setup the time and this service consume network
+	{
+		Key:   "systemd.mask",
+		Value: "systemd-timesyncd.service",
+	},
+	// No update audit logs
+	{
+		Key:   "systemd.mask",
+		Value: "systemd-update-utmp.service",
+	},
+	// No temporal files
+	{
+		Key:   "systemd.mask",
+		Value: "systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service",
+	},
+	{
+		Key:   "systemd.mask",
+		Value: "systemd-tmpfiles-cleanup.service",
+	},
+	{
+		Key:   "systemd.mask",
+		Value: "systemd-tmpfiles-cleanup.timer",
+	},
+	// No mounts
+	{
+		Key:   "systemd.mask",
+		Value: "tmp.mount",
+	},
+	// No random seed
+	{
+		Key:   "systemd.mask",
+		Value: "systemd-random-seed.service",
+	},
+	// No coredump
+	{
+		Key:   "systemd.mask",
+		Value: "systemd-coredump@.service",
+	},
+}
+
 func getKernelParams(needSystemd, trace bool) []vc.Param {
 	p := []vc.Param{}
 
 	if needSystemd {
 		p = append(p, systemdKernelParam...)
+		if !trace {
+			p = append(p, noTraceKernelParam...)
+		}
 	}
 
 	return p