diff --git a/platformio/package/manager/platform.py b/platformio/package/manager/platform.py
index 7626d4d9de..9d58c806c6 100644
--- a/platformio/package/manager/platform.py
+++ b/platformio/package/manager/platform.py
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ def autoremove_packages(self, names):
         pm = ToolPackageManager()
         for pkg in pm.get_installed():
             skip_conds = [
+                pkg.metadata.spec.owner != "platformio",
                 pkg.metadata.name not in names,
                 pkg.metadata.spec.url,
                 pkg.metadata.name in required