diff --git a/Sources/XcodesKit/RuntimeInstaller.swift b/Sources/XcodesKit/RuntimeInstaller.swift
index 614aff1f..75c89196 100644
--- a/Sources/XcodesKit/RuntimeInstaller.swift
+++ b/Sources/XcodesKit/RuntimeInstaller.swift
@@ -91,9 +91,14 @@ public final class RuntimeInstaller: Sendable {
 
     public func downloadAndInstallRuntime(identifier: String, to destinationDirectory: Path, with downloader: Downloader, shouldDelete: Bool, architectures: [ArchitectureFilter] = []) async throws {
         let matchedRuntime = try await getMatchingRuntime(identifier: identifier, architectures: architectures)
+        let runtimeName = downloadName(for: matchedRuntime, architectures: architectures)
+
+        if await runtimeIsAlreadyInstalled(matchedRuntime) {
+            Current.logging.log("Runtime \(runtimeName) is already installed")
+            return
+        }
 
         let method = try await installMethod(for: matchedRuntime)
-        let runtimeName = downloadName(for: matchedRuntime, architectures: architectures)
 
         switch method {
         case .archive:
@@ -342,6 +347,17 @@ public final class RuntimeInstaller: Sendable {
         ) != nil
     }
 
+    private func runtimeIsAlreadyInstalled(_ runtime: DownloadableRuntime) async -> Bool {
+        guard let installedRuntimes = try? await runtimeService.localInstalledRuntimes() else {
+            return false
+        }
+
+        return RuntimeInstallationLookupService().coreSimulatorImage(
+            for: runtime,
+            in: installedRuntimes
+        ) != nil
+    }
+
     private func isDuplicateRuntimeInstallError(_ error: Swift.Error) -> Bool {
         guard let error = error as? ProcessExecutionError else { return false }
         let output = error.standardOutput + "\n" + error.standardError
diff --git a/Tests/XcodesKitTests/RuntimeTests.swift b/Tests/XcodesKitTests/RuntimeTests.swift
index c6b9b4db..7d660d12 100644
--- a/Tests/XcodesKitTests/RuntimeTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/XcodesKitTests/RuntimeTests.swift
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ final class RuntimeTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertFalse(log.value.contains("Apple Silicon (arm64)"))
     }
 
-    func test_downloadAndInstallRuntimeTreatsDuplicateXcodebuildRuntimeAsAlreadyInstalled() async throws {
+    func test_downloadAndInstallRuntimeSkipsAlreadyInstalledXcodebuildRuntime() async throws {
         let log = LockedBox("")
         let attempts = LockedBox(0)
         XcodesCLIKit.Current.logging.log = { log.append($0 + "\n") }
@@ -328,10 +328,37 @@ final class RuntimeTests: XCTestCase {
             shouldDelete: true
         )
 
-        XCTAssertEqual(attempts.value, 1)
+        XCTAssertEqual(attempts.value, 0)
         XCTAssertTrue(log.value.contains("Runtime iOS 16.0 - Apple Silicon (arm64) is already installed"))
     }
 
+    func test_downloadAndInstallRuntimeSkipsAlreadyInstalledDiskImage() async throws {
+        let log = LockedBox("")
+        let didInstall = LockedBox(false)
+        XcodesCLIKit.Current.logging.log = { log.append($0 + "\n") }
+        Current.shell.isatty = { false }
+        Current.files.contentsAtPath = { path in
+            guard path == "/Library/Developer/CoreSimulator/images/images.plist" else { return nil }
+            return Self.installedRuntimeImagesPlistData()
+        }
+        Current.shell.installRuntimeImage = { _ in
+            didInstall.set(true)
+            return Shell.processOutputMock
+        }
+        mockDownloadables(data: Self.duplicateArchitectureRuntimePlistData())
+
+        try await runtimeInstaller.downloadAndInstallRuntime(
+            identifier: "iOS 16.0",
+            to: .xcodesCaches,
+            with: .urlSession,
+            shouldDelete: true,
+            architectures: [.variant(.appleSilicon)]
+        )
+
+        XCTAssertFalse(didInstall.value)
+        XCTAssertTrue(log.value.contains("Runtime iOS 16.0 is already installed"))
+    }
+
     func test_installStepsForPackage() async throws {
         mockDownloadables()
         let expectedSteps = [