diff --git a/build/scripts/build_haiku_image b/build/scripts/build_haiku_image
index a345e532ba..19fac6329c 100755
--- a/build/scripts/build_haiku_image
+++ b/build/scripts/build_haiku_image
@@ -147,6 +147,18 @@ else
 fi
 
 
+is_in_list()
+{
+	local element
+	for element in $2; do
+		if [ "$1" = "$element" ]; then
+			return 0
+		fi
+	done
+	return 1
+}
+
+
 extractFile()
 {
 	# extractFile <archive> <directory> <extractedSubDir>
@@ -279,6 +291,18 @@ if [ -n "$resolvePackageDependencies" ]; then
 		systemPackages="$systemPackages $packageFilePath"
 	done
 
+	# Remove packages from the list for common, that are already in the package
+	# list for system.
+	unfilteredCommonPackages="$commonPackages"
+	commonPackages=
+	for packageFile in $unfilteredCommonPackages; do
+		if is_in_list "$packageFile" "$systemPackages"; then
+			:
+		else
+			commonPackages="$commonPackages $packageFile"
+		fi
+	done
+
 	# additional packages for common
 	packageUrls=`$getPackageDependencies $repositories -- $systemPackages \
 		$commonPackages`