diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-gpg-verifier.c b/src/libostree/ostree-gpg-verifier.c
index 3c6c9152..dfa47eb7 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-gpg-verifier.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-gpg-verifier.c
@@ -396,6 +396,9 @@ _ostree_gpg_verifier_add_keyring_dir (OstreeGpgVerifier   *self,
       if (g_str_equal (name, "trustdb.gpg"))
         continue;
 
+      if (g_str_equal (name, "secring.gpg"))
+        continue;
+
       self->keyrings = g_list_append (self->keyrings, g_object_ref (path));
     }