diff --git a/tools/package_release.py b/tools/package_release.py
index 476314e0e..52f0b3ffc 100644
--- a/tools/package_release.py
+++ b/tools/package_release.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def package(platform, build, output, version):
     if missing:
         raise RuntimeError(f"Missing patched libraries: {', '.join(sorted(missing))}")
     executable = "relinker.exe" if platform == "windows" else "relinker"
-    files = list(libraries)
+    files = [library for library in libraries if library.name in expected]
     if platform == "windows":
         runtime = Path("C:/winlibs/mingw64/bin")
         files.extend(runtime / name for name in ("libgcc_s_seh-1.dll", "libstdc++-6.dll", "libwinpthread-1.dll"))
diff --git a/tools/tests/test_package_release.py b/tools/tests/test_package_release.py
index 2724ef6e4..a969a1692 100644
--- a/tools/tests/test_package_release.py
+++ b/tools/tests/test_package_release.py
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@ class ReleasePackageTests(unittest.TestCase):
         with zipfile.ZipFile(self.output / "prx-linux-v1.0.zip") as archive:
             self.assertEqual(archive.namelist(), ["libs/libc.prx"])
 
+    def test_removed_libraries_are_not_packaged_from_a_reused_build(self):
+        stale = self.library.with_name("libRemoved.prx")
+        stale.write_bytes(b"obsolete library")
+        package_release.package("linux", self.build, self.output, "v1.0")
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(self.output / "prx-linux-v1.0.zip") as archive:
+            self.assertEqual(archive.namelist(), ["libs/libc.prx"])
+            self.assertEqual(archive.read("libs/libc.prx"), b"library bytes")
+        with tarfile.open(self.output / "prx-linux-v1.0.tar.gz") as archive:
+            self.assertEqual(archive.getnames(), ["libs/libc.prx"])
+            self.assertEqual(archive.extractfile("libs/libc.prx").read(), b"library bytes")
+        self.assertEqual(stale.read_bytes(), b"obsolete library")
+
     def test_tar_and_zip_include_the_same_symlink_contents(self):
         target = self.library.with_name("libc.target")
         self.library.rename(target)