diff --git a/scripts/postinst-intercepts/update_font_cache b/scripts/postinst-intercepts/update_font_cache
index 0deab3c115..2e6daedeb5 100644
--- a/scripts/postinst-intercepts/update_font_cache
+++ b/scripts/postinst-intercepts/update_font_cache
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 PSEUDO_UNLOAD=1 qemuwrapper -L $D -E LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$D/${libdir}:$D/${base_libdir} \
-					-E ${fontconfigcacheenv} $D${bindir}/fc-cache --sysroot=$D ${fontconfigcacheparams}
+					-E ${fontconfigcacheenv} $D${bindir}/fc-cache --sysroot=$D --system-only ${fontconfigcacheparams}
 chown -R root:root $D${fontconfigcachedir}