diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 2708f87d94f30900304ccf2110c0fc8ed3bbc659..a0ceaa8b4af47ab837080a278430303e23dee18b 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ alias obsolete='aptitude search ?obsolete'
 alias missing-recommends="aptitude search '~RBrecommends:~i'"
 alias missing-suggests="aptitude search '~RBsuggests:~i'"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2142
-alias deinstalled="dpkg --get-selections | awk '\$2==\"deinstall\" {print \$1}'"
+alias deinstalled="dpkg --get-selections | awk 'BEGIN {exitcode=1}; \$2==\"deinstall\" {print \$1; exitcode=0}; END {exit exitcode}'"
 alias ansible-local='ansible localhost -c local -i localhost,'
 alias ansible-local-playbook='ansible-playbook -i localhost, -c local'
 alias concat="perl -pe 's/\\n/\\\\n/g'"