diff --git a/dist/get_deps_archlinux.sh b/dist/get_deps_archlinux.sh
index a2afe3961..70ec580cc 100755
--- a/dist/get_deps_archlinux.sh
+++ b/dist/get_deps_archlinux.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
-pacman -S \
+pacman -S --needed \
   glfw \
   file \
   openssl \
diff --git a/dist/get_deps_msys2.sh b/dist/get_deps_msys2.sh
index 9dfe92c8c..4121b546a 100755
--- a/dist/get_deps_msys2.sh
+++ b/dist/get_deps_msys2.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
-pacman -S \
+pacman -S --needed \
   mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc \
   mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake \
   mingw-w64-x86_64-make \