diff --git a/alpine.lua b/alpine.lua
index 685795a..6c4372f 100644
--- a/alpine.lua
+++ b/alpine.lua
@@ -99,12 +99,8 @@ function alpine.make_world(rootfs_path, packages)
 		utils.join_table(packages, "\n"))
 	if err then return err end
 
-	local status = os.execute("sudo apk update --no-cache --root "..rootfs_path)
-	if not (status == 0) then return status end
 	local status = os.execute("sudo apk upgrade --clean-protected --no-cache --root "..rootfs_path)
 	if not (status == 0) then return status end
-	local status = os.execute("sudo apk add --clean-protected --no-cache --root "..rootfs_path)
-	if not (status == 0) then return status end
 end
 
 -- Returns nil when no failure, otherwise status code