diff --git a/src/poetry/puzzle/transaction.py b/src/poetry/puzzle/transaction.py
index 5c5dbd061c9..74d0d6c5e61 100644
--- a/src/poetry/puzzle/transaction.py
+++ b/src/poetry/puzzle/transaction.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ def calculate_operations(
                 operations.append(Install(result_package, priority=priority))
 
         if with_uninstalls:
+            uninstalls: set[str] = set()
             for current_package in self._current_packages:
                 found = any(
                     current_package.name == result_package.name
@@ -83,11 +84,12 @@ def calculate_operations(
                 if not found:
                     for installed_package in self._installed_packages:
                         if installed_package.name == current_package.name:
+                            uninstalls.add(installed_package.name)
                             operations.append(Uninstall(current_package))
 
             if synchronize:
-                current_package_names = {
-                    current_package.name for current_package in self._current_packages
+                result_package_names = {
+                    result_package.name for result_package, _ in self._result_packages
                 }
                 # We preserve pip/setuptools/wheel when not managed by poetry, this is
                 # done to avoid externally managed virtual environments causing
@@ -96,9 +98,12 @@ def calculate_operations(
                     "pip",
                     "setuptools",
                     "wheel",
-                } - current_package_names
+                } - result_package_names
 
                 for installed_package in self._installed_packages:
+                    if installed_package.name in uninstalls:
+                        continue
+
                     if (
                         self._root_package
                         and installed_package.name == self._root_package.name
@@ -108,7 +113,8 @@ def calculate_operations(
                     if installed_package.name in preserved_package_names:
                         continue
 
-                    if installed_package.name not in current_package_names:
+                    if installed_package.name not in result_package_names:
+                        uninstalls.add(installed_package.name)
                         operations.append(Uninstall(installed_package))
 
         return sorted(
diff --git a/tests/puzzle/test_transaction.py b/tests/puzzle/test_transaction.py
index ae4093f5b12..67d3499183a 100644
--- a/tests/puzzle/test_transaction.py
+++ b/tests/puzzle/test_transaction.py
@@ -121,6 +121,31 @@ def test_it_should_remove_installed_packages_if_required():
     )
 
 
+def test_it_should_not_remove_installed_packages_that_are_in_result():
+    transaction = Transaction(
+        [],
+        [
+            (Package("a", "1.0.0"), 1),
+            (Package("b", "2.0.0"), 2),
+            (Package("c", "3.0.0"), 0),
+        ],
+        installed_packages=[
+            Package("a", "1.0.0"),
+            Package("b", "2.0.0"),
+            Package("c", "3.0.0"),
+        ],
+    )
+
+    check_operations(
+        transaction.calculate_operations(synchronize=True),
+        [
+            {"job": "install", "package": Package("a", "1.0.0"), "skipped": True},
+            {"job": "install", "package": Package("b", "2.0.0"), "skipped": True},
+            {"job": "install", "package": Package("c", "3.0.0"), "skipped": True},
+        ],
+    )
+
+
 def test_it_should_update_installed_packages_if_sources_are_different():
     transaction = Transaction(
         [Package("a", "1.0.0")],