diff --git a/chroot_version_hooks.d/230_purge_python_3_6 b/chroot_version_hooks.d/230_purge_python_3_6
index e23f3e6..8d396fe 100644
--- a/chroot_version_hooks.d/230_purge_python_3_6
+++ b/chroot_version_hooks.d/230_purge_python_3_6
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@
   dev-python/contextvars
   dev-python/dataclasses
 )
-sudo emerge --rage-clean -q "${pkgs[@]}"
+mapfile -t installed_pkgs < <(qlist -IC "${pkgs[@]}" || :)
+if [[ ${#installed_pkgs[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+  sudo emerge --rage-clean -q "${installed_pkgs[@]}"
+fi