diff --git a/usr/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base b/usr/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base
index afe9208ff..382726d91 100644
--- a/usr/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base
+++ b/usr/lib/initcpio/install/arch_base
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ build ()
     add_file "/usr/share/archboot/base/etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf" "/etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf"
 
     ### add pacman
-    apps="pacman pacman-key pacman-db-upgrade pacsort pactree cleanupdelta makepkg pacman-optimize pkgdelta \
-          rankmirrors repo-add repo-elephant testpkg vercmp curl gpg-agent haveged gpg"
+    apps="pacman pacman-key pacman-db-upgrade cleanupdelta makepkg pkgdelta \
+          repo-add repo-elephant testpkg vercmp curl gpg-agent haveged gpg"
     for i in $apps; do
         add_binary "$i"
     done