diff --git a/playbook.yml b/playbook.yml
index 23b11ec..412534c 100644
--- a/playbook.yml
+++ b/playbook.yml
@@ -182,6 +182,14 @@
           vars:
             query: "{{ 'list.*.%s[]'|format(distro) }}"
 
+        - name: remove unconfigured packages
+          script:
+            cmd: ./remove-unconfigured-packages.sh --noconfirm
+          register: unconfigured_packages_cmd
+          failed_when: unconfigured_packages_cmd.rc not in (0, 123)
+          changed_when: unconfigured_packages_cmd.rc == 123
+          become: true
+
     - name: aur
       tags:
         - aur
diff --git a/remove-unconfigured-packages.sh b/remove-unconfigured-packages.sh
index 41ee241..f227a8d 100755
--- a/remove-unconfigured-packages.sh
+++ b/remove-unconfigured-packages.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ readarray -d $'\0' -t packages_to_remove < <(comm --zero-terminated -13 \
   done) 
 
 if (( "${#packages_to_remove}" > 0 )) ; then
-    sudo pacman -Rcns "${packages_to_remove[@]}"
+    sudo pacman -Rcns "${packages_to_remove[@]}" "${@}" || exit $?
+    exit 123
 fi