diff --git a/src/ahriman/application/application.py b/src/ahriman/application/application.py
index ef3dbebe..0549fea7 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/application/application.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/application/application.py
@@ -114,13 +114,18 @@ class Application:
         self.repository.process_sync(targets)
 
     def update(self, updates: Iterable[Package]) -> None:
-        def process_single(portion: Iterable[Package]):
-            packages = self.repository.process_build(portion)
-            self.repository.process_update(packages)
+        def process_update(paths: Iterable[str]) -> None:
+            self.repository.process_update(paths)
             self._finalize()
 
+        # process built packages
+        packages = self.repository.packages_built()
+        process_update(packages)
+
+        # process manual packages
         tree = Tree()
         tree.load(updates)
         for num, level in enumerate(tree.levels()):
             self.logger.info(f'processing level #{num} {[package.base for package in level]}')
-            process_single(level)
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+            packages = self.repository.process_build(level)
+            process_update(packages)
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diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/repository.py b/src/ahriman/core/repository.py
index feab4c80..f396789f 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/core/repository.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/repository.py
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ class Repository:
             shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(self.paths.manual, package))
 
     def _clear_packages(self) -> None:
-        for package in os.listdir(self.paths.packages):
-            os.remove(os.path.join(self.paths.packages, package))
+        for package in self.packages_built():
+            os.remove(package)
 
     def packages(self) -> List[Package]:
         result: Dict[str, Package] = {}
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ class Repository:
                 continue
         return list(result.values())
 
+    def packages_built(self) -> List[str]:
+        return [
+            os.path.join(self.paths.packages, fn)
+            for fn in os.listdir(self.paths.packages)
+        ]
+
     def process_build(self, updates: Iterable[Package]) -> List[str]:
         def build_single(package: Package) -> None:
             self.web.set_building(package.base)
@@ -99,10 +105,7 @@ class Repository:
                 continue
         self._clear_build()
 
-        return [
-            os.path.join(self.paths.packages, fn)
-            for fn in os.listdir(self.paths.packages)
-        ]
+        return self.packages_built()
 
     def process_remove(self, packages: Iterable[str]) -> str:
         def remove_single(package: str) -> None: