diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/172/filelists/expat b/config/rootfiles/core/172/filelists/expat
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..e1923cf63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/172/filelists/expat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../common/expat
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/172/update.sh b/config/rootfiles/core/172/update.sh
index 747933e55..d4e696fe8 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/core/172/update.sh
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/172/update.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ done
 rm -rvf \
 	/etc/strongswan.d/scepclient.conf \
 	/lib/libz.so.1.2.12 \
+	/usr/lib/libexpat.so.1.8.9 \
 	/usr/lib/libunbound.so.8.1.1* \
 	/usr/libexec/ipsec/scepclient