diff --git a/axltempl/composer.py b/axltempl/composer.py
index a3eb199..3f44873 100644
--- a/axltempl/composer.py
+++ b/axltempl/composer.py
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ def get_drupal_template(name, description, core, core_version, docroot, cache_se
     if cache_service == "memcache":
         composer["require"]["drupal/memcache"] = "^2.0"
     composer["require"]["drupal/core-composer-scaffold"] = core_version
+
+    if not is_version_2():
+        composer["require"]["zaporylie/composer-drupal-optimizations"] = "^1.1"
+
     return composer
 
 
diff --git a/axltempl/files/drupal/composer.json b/axltempl/files/drupal/composer.json
index 75faf7a..48ad6a3 100644
--- a/axltempl/files/drupal/composer.json
+++ b/axltempl/files/drupal/composer.json
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
   "require": {
     "php": ">=7.2",
     "composer/installers": "^1.2",
-    "cweagans/composer-patches": "^1.6.5",
+    "cweagans/composer-patches": "^1.7.0",
     "drush/drush": "^9.7.1 | ^10.0",
-    "vlucas/phpdotenv": "^5.0",
-    "zaporylie/composer-drupal-optimizations": "^1.1"
+    "vlucas/phpdotenv": "^5.0"
   },
   "require-dev": {
     "axelerant/db-docker": "^1.0",