diff --git a/core/cli/packages.el b/core/cli/packages.el
index bf9992d7c..37dc938ce 100644
--- a/core/cli/packages.el
+++ b/core/cli/packages.el
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ declaration) or dependency thereof that hasn't already been."
       (straight--call "git" "clean" "-ffd")
       (if (not (car (straight--call "git" "replace" "--graft" "HEAD")))
           (print! (info "\033[Krepos/%s is already compact\033[1A" repo))
-        (straight--call "git" "gc")
+        (straight--call "git" "reflog" "expire" "--expire=all" "--all")
+        (straight--call "git" "gc" "--prune=now")
         (print! (success "\033[KRegrafted repos/%s (from %0.1fKB to %0.1fKB)")
                 repo before-size (doom-directory-size default-directory))
         (print-group! (print! "%s" (straight--process-get-output))))