diff --git a/bin/omarchy-update-aur-pkgs b/bin/omarchy-update-aur-pkgs
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2f47dbc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/omarchy-update-aur-pkgs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# Update AUR packages if any are installed
+if pacman -Qem >/dev/null; then
+  if omarchy-pkg-aur-accessible; then
+    echo -e "\e[32m\nUpdate AUR packages\e[0m"
+    yay -Sua --noconfirm --ignore gcc14,gcc14-libs
+    echo
+  else
+    echo -e "\e[31m\nAUR is unavailable (so skipping updates)\e[0m"
+    echo
+  fi
+fi
+
+orphans=$(pacman -Qtdq || true)
+if [[ -n $orphans ]]; then
+  echo -e "\e[32m\nRemove orphan system packages\e[0m"
+  for pkg in $orphans; do
+    sudo pacman -Rs --noconfirm "$pkg" || true
+  done
+  echo
+fi
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-update-perform b/bin/omarchy-update-perform
index c4fcc2cb..afdf64a0 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-update-perform
+++ b/bin/omarchy-update-perform
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ omarchy-update-keyring
 omarchy-update-available-reset
 omarchy-update-system-pkgs
 omarchy-migrate
+omarchy-update-aur-pkgs
 omarchy-hook post-update
 
 omarchy-update-analyze-logs
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs b/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs
index 814fb491..b8aaf6e0 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs
+++ b/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs
@@ -5,18 +5,6 @@ set -e
 echo -e "\e[32m\nUpdate system packages\e[0m"
 sudo pacman -Syyu --noconfirm
 
-# Update AUR packages if any are installed
-if pacman -Qem >/dev/null; then
-  if omarchy-pkg-aur-accessible; then
-    echo -e "\e[32m\nUpdate AUR packages\e[0m"
-    yay -Sua --noconfirm --ignore gcc14,gcc14-libs
-    echo
-  else
-    echo -e "\e[31m\nAUR is unavailable (so skipping updates)\e[0m"
-    echo
-  fi
-fi
-
 orphans=$(pacman -Qtdq || true)
 if [[ -n $orphans ]]; then
   echo -e "\e[32m\nRemove orphan system packages\e[0m"