diff --git a/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/00-packages b/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/00-packages
index 8dd3f63..1f26b57 100644
--- a/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/00-packages
+++ b/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/00-packages
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ apt-listchanges
 usb-modeswitch
 apt-transport-https
 libpam-chksshpwd
+rpi-update
diff --git a/stage3/00-install-packages/00-packages b/stage3/00-install-packages/00-packages
index d7966ce..4b979cc 100644
--- a/stage3/00-install-packages/00-packages
+++ b/stage3/00-install-packages/00-packages
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ gstreamer1.0-x gstreamer1.0-omx gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-g
 xpdf gtk2-engines alsa-utils
 desktop-base
 git
-rpi-update
 omxplayer
 raspberrypi-artwork
 policykit-1