diff --git a/usr/bin/archboot-not-installed.sh b/usr/bin/archboot-not-installed.sh
index 397b3ec1f..277437c62 100755
--- a/usr/bin/archboot-not-installed.sh
+++ b/usr/bin/archboot-not-installed.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # created by Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org>
 . /usr/lib/archboot/common.sh
 _archboot_check
-rm -r /usr/share/{licenses,locale}
+rm -r /usr/share/licenses
 pacman -Sy
 pacman -Q | cut -d ' ' -f1 >packages.txt
 #shellcheck disable=SC2013
diff --git a/usr/lib/initcpio/install/archboot_base_common b/usr/lib/initcpio/install/archboot_base_common
index f706e7bd2..70dddaba3 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"
+            man-db texinfo db db5.3 gc ca-certificates"
         for i in ${_RM_PACMAN_DB}; do
             rm -rf "${BUILDROOT}"/var/lib/pacman/local/"${i}"-[0-9]* &>"${_NO_LOG}"
         done