diff --git a/deployments/datahub/images/default/Dockerfile b/deployments/datahub/images/default/Dockerfile
index 5c5faf14e..49062d34d 100644
--- a/deployments/datahub/images/default/Dockerfile
+++ b/deployments/datahub/images/default/Dockerfile
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ RUN apt-get -qq update --yes && \
 
 RUN adduser --disabled-password --gecos "Default Jupyter user" ${NB_USER}
 
+# Do not exclude manpages from being installed.
+RUN sed -i -e '/usr.share.man/s/^/#/' /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/excludes
+
 # Install all apt packages
 COPY apt.txt /tmp/apt.txt
 RUN apt-get -qq update --yes && \
@@ -30,9 +33,6 @@ RUN apt-get -qq update --yes && \
     apt-get -qq clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# Do not exclude manpages from being installed.
-RUN sed -i -e '/usr.share.man/s/^/#/' /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/exclude
-
 # From docker-ce-packaging
 # Remove diverted man binary to prevent man-pages being replaced with "minimized" message. See docker/for-linux#639
 RUN if  [ "$(dpkg-divert --truename /usr/bin/man)" = "/usr/bin/man.REAL" ]; then \