diff --git a/usr/bin/archboot-not-installed.sh b/usr/bin/archboot-not-installed.sh
index d49de4f60..259ef0d39 100755
--- a/usr/bin/archboot-not-installed.sh
+++ b/usr/bin/archboot-not-installed.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pacman -Sy
 pacman -Q | cut -d ' ' -f1 >packages.txt
 #shellcheck disable=SC2013
 for i in $(cat packages.txt); do
-    rm -r /var/lib/pacman/local/"${i}"-*-*
+    rm -r /var/lib/pacman/local/"${i}"-[0-9]*
 	#shellcheck disable=SC2086
     if pacman -Sdd ${i} --noconfirm 2>&1 >>log.txt; then
         echo "${i}" >> uninstalled.orig.txt
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ for i in $(cat packages.txt); do
     fi
 done
 # remove false positives
-grep -v -E "iana-etc|linux-firmware-marvell|pambase|pacman-mirrorlist|licenses" uninstalled.orig.txt >uninstalled.txt
+grep -v -E "ca-certificates|iana-etc|linux-firmware-marvell|pambase|pacman-mirrorlist|licenses" uninstalled.orig.txt >uninstalled.txt
 # vim: set ft=sh ts=4 sw=4 et:
diff --git a/usr/lib/initcpio/install/archboot_base_common b/usr/lib/initcpio/install/archboot_base_common
index 70dddaba3..cd22d5ee7 100644
--- a/usr/lib/initcpio/install/archboot_base_common
+++ b/usr/lib/initcpio/install/archboot_base_common
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ build ()
             libbsd libmd libpcap libnftnl libnfnetlink libnetfilter_conntrack libsasl libldap memtest86+ \
             memtest86+-efi mkinitcpio-busybox mtools libsysprof-capture libnsl libksba gdbm binutils \
             cdrtools systemd-ukify python python-pefile limine man-pages libev libpipeline groff \
-            man-db texinfo db db5.3 gc ca-certificates"
+            man-db texinfo db db5.3 gc"
         for i in ${_RM_PACMAN_DB}; do
             rm -rf "${BUILDROOT}"/var/lib/pacman/local/"${i}"-[0-9]* &>"${_NO_LOG}"
         done