Getting "Inactive requests" from rpm-ostree

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On any rpm-ostree interaction (e.g. rpm-ostree update or rpm-ostree install [package name]), I get this message:

Inactive requests:
  gstreamer1-vaapi (already provided by gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-1.28.5-1.fc44.x86_64)
Enabled rpm-md repositories: fedora-cisco-openh264 updates fedora rpmfusion-free-updates rpmfusion-free updates-archive

What is going on here? I think I executed rpm-ostree install gstreamer1-vaapi a while ago, and it seems like it has become a dependency of one of the other explicitly installed packages. But how do I undo this, without removing gstreamer1-vaapi? I’m thinking of dnf mark remove, but doing the same for rpm-ostree.

Output of `rpm-ostree status` 
State: idle
Deployments:
● fedora:fedora/44/x86_64/silverblue
                  Version: 44.20260730.0 (2026-07-30T00:57:23Z)
               BaseCommit: 402007805c100dca72db7415fa2f71dfb5ef9a486d2d7e2ef43eefca81d0ab58
             GPGSignature: Valid signature by 36F612DCF27F7D1A48A835E4DBFCF71C6D9F90A6
      RemovedBasePackages: sudo sudo-python-plugin 1.9.17-8.p2.fc44
          LayeredPackages: distrobox evolution firewall-applet git gitg gnome-calendar gnome-contacts gnome-tweaks gnucash gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeworld htop
                           libavcodec-freeworld libva-utils lm_sensors meld mesa-va-drivers-freeworld nautilus-gsconnect pipewire-codec-aptx plocate powertop
                           rpmfusion-free-release rpmreaper syncthing tmux usbguard-notifier vim-enhanced webextension-gsconnect

  fedora:fedora/44/x86_64/silverblue
                  Version: 44.20260729.0 (2026-07-29T00:31:16Z)
               BaseCommit: 9fb6297379ed69fef949f607e3c59df1098e97a63166e9f7d888081738640ddd
             GPGSignature: Valid signature by 36F612DCF27F7D1A48A835E4DBFCF71C6D9F90A6
      RemovedBasePackages: sudo sudo-python-plugin 1.9.17-8.p2.fc44
          LayeredPackages: distrobox evolution firewall-applet git gitg gnome-calendar gnome-contacts gnome-tweaks gnucash gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeworld htop
                           libavcodec-freeworld libva-utils lm_sensors meld mesa-va-drivers-freeworld nautilus-gsconnect pipewire-codec-aptx plocate powertop
                           rpmfusion-free-release rpmreaper syncthing tmux usbguard-notifier vim-enhanced webextension-gsconnect
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rpm-ostree uninstall gstreamer1-vaapi did the job. Thanks to this blog post for the idea.