diff --git a/base/database/utils.go b/base/database/utils.go
index a7006af7c..51bb0e031 100644
--- a/base/database/utils.go
+++ b/base/database/utils.go
@@ -273,3 +273,8 @@ func JoinAdvisoryMetadata(tx *gorm.DB) *gorm.DB {
 func JoinAdvisoryType(tx *gorm.DB) *gorm.DB {
 	return tx.Joins("JOIN advisory_type at ON am.advisory_type_id = at.id")
 }
+
+func JoinInstallableApplicablePackages(tx *gorm.DB) *gorm.DB {
+	return tx.Joins("LEFT JOIN package pi ON pi.id = spkg.installable_id").
+		Joins("LEFT JOIN package pa ON pa.id = spkg.applicable_id")
+}
diff --git a/manager/controllers/package_systems.go b/manager/controllers/package_systems.go
index fbc61ee2f..38e005f9e 100644
--- a/manager/controllers/package_systems.go
+++ b/manager/controllers/package_systems.go
@@ -62,10 +62,9 @@ func packagesByNameQuery(db *gorm.DB, pkgName string) *gorm.DB {
 
 func packageSystemsQuery(db *gorm.DB, acc int, groups map[string]string, packageName string, packageIDs []int,
 ) *gorm.DB {
-	query := database.SystemPackages(db, acc, groups, database.JoinTemplates).
+	query := database.SystemPackages(db, acc, groups,
+		database.JoinTemplates, database.JoinInstallableApplicablePackages).
 		Select(PackageSystemsSelect).
-		Joins("LEFT JOIN package pi ON pi.id = spkg.installable_id").
-		Joins("LEFT JOIN package pa ON pa.id = spkg.applicable_id").
 		Where("sp.stale = false").
 		Where("pn.name = ?", packageName).
 		Where("spkg.package_id in (?)", packageIDs)
diff --git a/manager/controllers/system_packages.go b/manager/controllers/system_packages.go
index b03ddcc8c..613c3b2c0 100644
--- a/manager/controllers/system_packages.go
+++ b/manager/controllers/system_packages.go
@@ -57,9 +57,7 @@ type SystemPackageDBLoad struct {
 }
 
 func systemPackageQuery(db *gorm.DB, account int, groups map[string]string, inventoryID string) *gorm.DB {
-	query := database.SystemPackages(db, account, groups).
-		Joins("LEFT JOIN package pi ON pi.id = spkg.installable_id").
-		Joins("LEFT JOIN package pa ON pa.id = spkg.applicable_id").
+	query := database.SystemPackages(db, account, groups, database.JoinInstallableApplicablePackages).
 		Joins("LEFT JOIN strings AS descr ON p.description_hash = descr.id").
 		Joins("LEFT JOIN strings AS sum ON p.summary_hash = sum.id").
 		Select(SystemPackagesSelect).