diff --git a/.githooks/prepare-commit-msg b/.githooks/prepare-commit-msg
index c8a6b77..a643c00 100755
--- a/.githooks/prepare-commit-msg
+++ b/.githooks/prepare-commit-msg
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ COMMIT_SOURCE="$2"
 
 BOOTSTRAPDIR="bootstrap"
 pkg_committed="$(cat "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"/$BOOTSTRAPDIR/packages*.tsv | grep -v -e '^Name	Description	Source	Target' | cut -f1 | sort)"
-pkg_onsystem=$(pacman -Qqett | grep -v "$(pacman -Qqg base-devel)" | sort)
+pkg_onsystem=$(pacman -Qqett | sort)
 
 # get files only in repo, and only on machine
 only_committed=$(comm -23 <(echo "$pkg_committed") <(echo "$pkg_onsystem"))
diff --git a/bootstrap/update_package_list.sh b/bootstrap/update_package_list.sh
index bb37f4d..7010b38 100755
--- a/bootstrap/update_package_list.sh
+++ b/bootstrap/update_package_list.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ BOOTSTRAP_DIR=${BOOTSTRAP_DIR:-$(pwd)/bootstrap}
 INPUTFILES=$(find "${BOOTSTRAP_DIR}" -type f -name 'packages*.tsv')
 OUTPUTFILE=${BOOTSTRAP_DIR}/packages_testing.tsv
 
-pkg_all=$(pacman -Qqett | grep -v "$(pacman -Qqg base-devel)")
+pkg_all=$(pacman -Qqett)
 
 pkg_repo=$(pacman -Qqn)
 pkg_aur=$(pacman -Qqm)