diff --git a/alpine-make-vm-image b/alpine-make-vm-image
index 7769e78..2e35c34 100755
--- a/alpine-make-vm-image
+++ b/alpine-make-vm-image
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ if [ "$INSTALL_HOST_PKGS" = yes ]; then
 	if ! grep -q -w "$ROOTFS" /proc/filesystems; then
 		modprobe $ROOTFS
 	fi
-	_apk add -t $VIRTUAL_PKG qemu qemu-img $(fs_progs_pkg "$ROOTFS")
+	_apk add -t $VIRTUAL_PKG qemu-img $(fs_progs_pkg "$ROOTFS")
 fi
 
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