diff --git a/debootstrap-ng.sh b/debootstrap-ng.sh
index 3259eed600..b3e0fe7e56 100644
--- a/debootstrap-ng.sh
+++ b/debootstrap-ng.sh
@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@ debootstrap_ng()
 create_rootfs_cache()
 {
 	local packages_hash=$(get_package_list_hash)
-	local cache_fname=$CACHEDIR/rootfs/${RELEASE}-ng-$ARCH.$packages_hash.tar.bz2
-	local display_name=${RELEASE}-ng-$ARCH.${packages_hash:0:3}...${packages_hash:29}.tar.bz2
+	local cache_fname=$CACHEDIR/rootfs/${RELEASE}-ng-$ARCH.$packages_hash.tar.lz4
+	local display_name=${RELEASE}-ng-$ARCH.${packages_hash:0:3}...${packages_hash:29}.tar.lz4
 	if [[ -f $cache_fname ]]; then
 		local date_diff=$(( ($(date +%s) - $(stat -c %Y $cache_fname)) / 86400 ))
 		display_alert "Extracting $display_name" "$date_diff days old" "info"
-		pv -p -b -r -c -N "$display_name" "$cache_fname" | lbzip2 -dc | tar xp --xattrs -C $CACHEDIR/$SDCARD/
+		pv -p -b -r -c -N "$display_name" "$cache_fname" | lz4 -dc | tar xp --xattrs -C $CACHEDIR/$SDCARD/
 	else
 		display_alert "Creating new rootfs for" "$RELEASE" "info"
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ create_rootfs_cache()
 		umount_chroot "$CACHEDIR/$SDCARD"
 
 		tar cp --xattrs --directory=$CACHEDIR/$SDCARD/ --exclude='./dev/*' --exclude='./proc/*' --exclude='./run/*' --exclude='./tmp/*' \
-			--exclude='./sys/*' . | pv -p -b -r -s $(du -sb $CACHEDIR/$SDCARD/ | cut -f1) -N "$display_name" | lbzip2 -c > $cache_fname
+			--exclude='./sys/*' . | pv -p -b -r -s $(du -sb $CACHEDIR/$SDCARD/ | cut -f1) -N "$display_name" | lz4 -c > $cache_fname
 	fi
 	mount_chroot "$CACHEDIR/$SDCARD"
 } #############################################################################
diff --git a/general.sh b/general.sh
index be35259030..46fb098f03 100644
--- a/general.sh
+++ b/general.sh
@@ -470,11 +470,11 @@ prepare_host()
 	fi
 
 	# packages list for host
-	local hostdeps="wget ca-certificates device-tree-compiler pv bc lzop zip binfmt-support build-essential ccache debootstrap ntpdate pigz \
+	local hostdeps="wget ca-certificates device-tree-compiler pv bc lzop zip binfmt-support build-essential ccache debootstrap ntpdate \
 	gawk gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi qemu-user-static u-boot-tools uuid-dev zlib1g-dev unzip libusb-1.0-0-dev ntpdate \
 	parted pkg-config libncurses5-dev whiptail debian-keyring debian-archive-keyring f2fs-tools libfile-fcntllock-perl rsync libssl-dev \
 	nfs-kernel-server btrfs-tools gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu ncurses-term p7zip-full dos2unix dosfstools libc6-dev-armhf-cross libc6-dev-armel-cross \
-	libc6-dev-arm64-cross curl gcc-arm-none-eabi libnewlib-arm-none-eabi patchutils python lbzip2"
+	libc6-dev-arm64-cross curl gcc-arm-none-eabi libnewlib-arm-none-eabi patchutils python liblz4-tool"
 
 	local codename=$(lsb_release -sc)
 	display_alert "Build host OS release" "${codename:-(unknown)}" "info"