diff --git a/api b/api
index 11542c5f58..59cc428edf 100755
--- a/api
+++ b/api
@@ -733,10 +733,17 @@ purge_packages() { #Allow dependencies of the $app app to be autoremoved.
     echo "These packages were: $(package_dependencies "$package_name")"
     
     status "Purging the $package_name package..."
-    
-    apt_lock_wait
-    local output="$(sudo -E apt purge -y "$package_name" --autoremove 2>&1 | less_apt | tee /dev/stderr)"
-    status "Apt finished."
+
+    if [[ "$script_input" == "update" ]]; then
+      # skip --autoremove for faster updates. this prevents dummy deb dependencies from needing to be uninstalled and reinstalled on updates
+      apt_lock_wait
+      local output="$(sudo -E apt purge -y "$package_name" 2>&1 | less_apt | tee /dev/stderr)"
+      status "Apt finished."
+    else
+      apt_lock_wait
+      local output="$(sudo -E apt purge -y "$package_name" --autoremove 2>&1 | less_apt | tee /dev/stderr)"
+      status "Apt finished."
+    fi
     
     errors="$(echo "$output" | grep '^[(E)|(Err]:')"
     if [ ! -z "$errors" ];then
diff --git a/manage b/manage
index 19c59888fe..7d76da7a7c 100755
--- a/manage
+++ b/manage
@@ -700,9 +700,9 @@ elif [ "$1" == 'install' ] || [ "$1" == 'uninstall' ];then
   echo
   cd $HOME
   if [ "$3" == "update" ]; then
-    script_input="update"
+    export script_input="update"
   else
-    script_input=""
+    export script_input=""
   fi
   #always overwrite DEBIAN_FRONTEND with gnome
   #dialog and readline are not functional due to the logfile pipe