diff --git a/build/common.sh b/build/common.sh
index ea37e99..aebe77d 100644
--- a/build/common.sh
+++ b/build/common.sh
@@ -861,6 +861,7 @@ remove_packages()
 	echo ">>> Removing packages in ${BASEDIR}: ${PKGLIST}"
 
 	for PKG in ${PKGLIST}; do
+		PKG=$(echo ${PKG} | tr '%' '*')
 		for PKGFILE in $(cd ${BASEDIR}${PACKAGESDIR}; \
 		    find All -name "${PKG}-[0-9]*.pkg" -type f); do
 			rm ${BASEDIR}${PACKAGESDIR}/${PKGFILE}
diff --git a/build/packages.sh b/build/packages.sh
index 70ec53d..1496a6e 100644
--- a/build/packages.sh
+++ b/build/packages.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ AUXLIST=$(list_packages "${AUXLIST}" ${CONFIGDIR}/aux.conf)
 setup_stage ${STAGEDIR}
 setup_base ${STAGEDIR}
 extract_packages ${STAGEDIR}
+remove_packages ${STAGEDIR} ${@}
 
 # The goal for aux packages is that they are part of the packages
 # set for nightly builds until they are officially built using the