diff --git a/scripts/runtime_pkgs b/scripts/runtime_pkgs
index 67b2495..fa271b6 100755
--- a/scripts/runtime_pkgs
+++ b/scripts/runtime_pkgs
@@ -2,27 +2,19 @@
 
 # Print list of packages to be installed via pacman
 
-query='.[].success |
-objects |
-.root.tree |
-..|.left?.data, ..|.right?.data, .data? |
-select(. != null) |
-.fulfillment |
-select(. != null) |
-add | select(. != null)'
-
-jq_type () {
-    echo "$1" | jq --raw-output "select(.type==\"$2\") | .name" | sort | uniq
+filter_type () {
+    # echo "$1" | jq --raw-output "select(.type==\"$2\") | .name" | sort | uniq
+    echo "$1" | sed -n "/$2/p" | cut -f2
 }
 
-raw=$(echo -e "$(xmonad --deps | jq "$query")\n$(xmobar --deps | jq "$query")")
+raw=$(echo -e "$(xmonad --deps)\n$(xmobar --deps)")
 
 # these are extra packages that pertain to processes outside xmonad but are
 # still required/desired to make it work correctly
 xmonad_pkgs=(xorg-xinit xorg-server autorandr picom)
 
-mapfile -t official < <(jq_type "$raw" "Official")
-mapfile -t local < <(jq_type "$raw" "AUR")
+mapfile -t official < <(filter_type "$raw" "Official")
+mapfile -t local < <(filter_type "$raw" "AUR")
 
 if ! pacman -Si "${official[@]}" > /dev/null; then
     echo "At least one official package doesn't exist."