diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 84ce15ef8..c1d3f9c10 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -92,6 +92,21 @@ if (( ${#pkglist[@]} != 0 )); then
 	fi
 fi
 
+# Convert old dependencies to non explicit dependencies so that they can be orphaned if not in meta packages 
+remove_bashcomments_emptylines ./scriptdata/previous_dependencies.conf ./cache/old_deps_stripped.conf
+readarray -t old_deps_list < ./cache/old_deps_stripped.conf
+pacman -Qeq > ./cache/pacman_explicit_packages
+readarray -t explicitly_installed < ./cache/pacman_explicit_packages
+[ "$ask" = "true" ] && read -p "Attempt to set previously explicitly installed deps as implicit [Y/n]? " convert_explicit
+convert_explicit=${convert_explicit:-y}
+
+if [ "$convert_explicit" != "${convert_explicit#[Yy]}" ]; then
+	echo "Attempting to set previously explicitly installed deps as implicit..."
+	for i in "${explicitly_installed[@]}"; do for j in "${old_deps_list[@]}"; do
+		[ "$i" = "$j" ] && $AUR_HELPER -D --asdeps "$i"
+	done; done
+fi
+
 # Install core dependencies from the meta-packages
 metapkgs=(arch-packages/illogical-impulse-{audio,backlight,basic,fonts-themes,gnome,gtk,microtex,portal,python,screencapture,widgets})
 if $ask; then
diff --git a/scriptdata/previous_dependencies.conf b/scriptdata/previous_dependencies.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a773fdd92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scriptdata/previous_dependencies.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+### This file contains a list of dependencies which were previously explicitly installed that are now installed using meta packages
+### Must be one package per line as it needs to be compared against the explicitly installed list from pacman
+axel
+bc
+coreutils
+cliphist
+cmake
+curl
+fuzzel
+rsync
+wget
+ripgrep
+gojq
+npm
+meson
+typescript
+gjs
+xdg-user-dirs
+tinyxml2
+gtkmm3
+gtksourceviewmm
+cairomm
+python-build
+python-pillow
+python-pywal
+python-setuptools-scm
+python-wheel
+xdg-desktop-portal
+xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
+xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland-git
+pavucontrol
+wireplumber
+libdbusmenu-gtk3
+playerctl
+swww
+webp-pixbuf-loader
+gtk-layer-shell
+gtk3
+gtksourceview3
+gobject-introspection
+upower
+yad
+ydotool
+xdg-user-dirs-gtk
+polkit-gnome
+gnome-keyring
+gnome-control-center
+blueberry
+networkmanager
+gammastep
+gnome-bluetooth-3.0
+brightnessctl
+ddcutil
+dart-sass
+python-pywayland
+python-psutil
+hypridle-git
+hyprlock-git
+wlogout
+wl-clipboard
+hyprpicker-git
+anyrun-git
+adw-gtk3-git
+qt5ct
+qt5-wayland
+fontconfig
+ttf-readex-pro
+ttf-jetbrains-mono-nerd
+ttf-material-symbols-variable-git
+ttf-space-mono-nerd
+fish
+foot
+starship
+swappy
+wf-recorder
+grim
+tesseract
+tesseract-data-eng
+slurp