diff --git a/fedora-gnome-packages.ks b/fedora-gnome-packages.ks
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bb8721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fedora-gnome-packages.ks
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+%packages
+@firefox
+@gnome-desktop
+@libreoffice
+
+# FIXME; apparently the glibc maintainers dislike this, but it got put into the
+# desktop image at some point.  We won't touch this one for now.
+nss-mdns
+
+# This one needs to be kicked out of @standard
+-smartmontools
+
+# We use gnome-control-center's printer and input sources panels instead
+-system-config-printer
+-im-chooser
+
+%end
diff --git a/fedora-live-desktop.ks b/fedora-live-desktop.ks
index 6bfd535..7838972 100644
--- a/fedora-live-desktop.ks
+++ b/fedora-live-desktop.ks
@@ -3,27 +3,10 @@
 # mailto:desktop@lists.fedoraproject.org
 
 %include fedora-live-base.ks
+%include fedora-gnome-packages.ks
 
 part / --size 4096
 
-%packages
-@firefox
-@gnome-desktop
-@libreoffice
-
-# FIXME; apparently the glibc maintainers dislike this, but it got put into the
-# desktop image at some point.  We won't touch this one for now.
-nss-mdns
-
-# This one needs to be kicked out of @standard
--smartmontools
-
-# We use gnome-control-center's printer and input sources panels instead
--system-config-printer
--im-chooser
-
-%end
-
 %post
 cat >> /etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys << EOF