diff --git a/utils.sh b/utils.sh
index b595aa9..ce42c8e 100755
--- a/utils.sh
+++ b/utils.sh
@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ remove_packages() {
   local packages=("$@")
   local to_remove=()
 
+  # Match the exact name: pacman -Q also finds a package that provides it, such
+  # as herdr-bin for herdr, which pacman -R won't remove by that name
   for pkg in "${packages[@]}"; do
-    if is_installed "$pkg"; then
+    if [ "$(pacman -Qq "$pkg" 2> /dev/null)" = "$pkg" ]; then
       to_remove+=("$pkg")
     fi
   done