diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/190/filelists/ncat b/config/rootfiles/core/190/filelists/ncat
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..38dcdb224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/190/filelists/ncat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../common/ncat
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/190/update.sh b/config/rootfiles/core/190/update.sh
index ba24bc41e..d301b0c9e 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/core/190/update.sh
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/190/update.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ done
 # Stop services
 /etc/init.d/suricata stop
 
+# Remove the metadata for ncat (if installed) as this is now part of the core system
+rm -f "/opt/pakfire/db/installed/meta-ncat"
+rm -f "/opt/pakfire/db/meta/meta-ncat"
+rm -f "/opt/pakfire/db/rootfiles/ncat"
+
 # Extract files
 extract_files