diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/alpm/remote/remote.py b/src/ahriman/core/alpm/remote/remote.py
index 370e0b29..52e8f88a 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/core/alpm/remote/remote.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/alpm/remote/remote.py
@@ -94,6 +94,15 @@ class Remote(SyncHttpClient):
                 for package in portion
                 if package.name in packages or not packages
             }
+
+        # simple check for duplicates. This method will remove all packages under base if there is
+        # a package named exactly as its base
+        packages = {
+            package.name: package
+            for package in packages.values()
+            if package.package_base not in packages or package.package_base == package.name
+        }
+
         return list(packages.values())
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/src/ahriman/web/views/v1/service/search.py b/src/ahriman/web/views/v1/service/search.py
index 6d1911cf..3ca204c3 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/web/views/v1/service/search.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/web/views/v1/service/search.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class SearchView(BaseView):
         if not packages:
             raise HTTPNotFound(reason=f"No packages found for terms: {search}")
 
-        comparator: Callable[[AURPackage], str] = lambda item: str(item.package_base)
+        comparator: Callable[[AURPackage], str] = lambda item: item.package_base
         response = [
             {
                 "package": package.package_base,
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/core/alpm/remote/test_remote.py b/tests/ahriman/core/alpm/remote/test_remote.py
index 7654c8ed..2674a854 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/core/alpm/remote/test_remote.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/core/alpm/remote/test_remote.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
 
+from dataclasses import replace
 from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
 from unittest.mock import call as MockCall
 
@@ -88,6 +89,17 @@ def test_multisearch_single(aur_package_ahriman: AURPackage, pacman: Pacman, moc
     search_mock.assert_called_once_with("ahriman", pacman=pacman, search_by=None)
 
 
+def test_multisearch_remove_duplicates(aur_package_ahriman: AURPackage, pacman: Pacman, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must remove duplicates from search result
+    """
+    package1 = replace(aur_package_ahriman)
+    package2 = replace(aur_package_ahriman, name="ahriman-triggers")
+    mocker.patch("ahriman.core.alpm.remote.Remote.package_search", return_value=[package1, package2])
+
+    assert Remote.multisearch("ahriman", pacman=pacman) == [package1]
+
+
 def test_remote_git_url(remote: Remote) -> None:
     """
     must raise NotImplemented for missing remote git url