diff --git a/updates.d/10-pacman.sh b/updates.d/10-pacman.sh
index 4b14672..c11c392 100644
--- a/updates.d/10-pacman.sh
+++ b/updates.d/10-pacman.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 COREDESKTOP="$HOME/.local/share/coredesktop"
 
-echo "Updating Arch..."
-sudo pacman -Syu
-
 source "$COREDESKTOP/utils.sh"
 source "$COREDESKTOP/packages.conf"
 source "$COREDESKTOP/remove-packages.conf"
@@ -13,6 +10,9 @@ echo "Removing unwanted packages..."
 remove_packages "${REMOVE_PACMAN[@]}"
 remove_flatpaks "${REMOVE_FLATPAKS[@]}"
 
+echo "Updating Arch..."
+sudo pacman -Syu
+
 echo "Checking for new packages..."
 install_packages "${SYSTEM_UTILS[@]}"
 install_packages "${DEV_TOOLS[@]}"