diff --git a/indexer/src/sys_arch.rs b/indexer/src/sys_arch.rs
index b5bc832..8c53b4d 100644
--- a/indexer/src/sys_arch.rs
+++ b/indexer/src/sys_arch.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ pub fn sync<T: postgres::GenericClient>(pg: &mut T, sys: i32, mirror: &str, repo
 
     let mut hasman = false;
     let mut meta = None;
-    //let mut allpkgs = HashSet::new();
     let r = archive::walk(ent, |x| {
         if x.filetype() == archive::FileType::Directory {
             hasman = false;
@@ -121,7 +120,6 @@ pub fn sync<T: postgres::GenericClient>(pg: &mut T, sys: i32, mirror: &str, repo
                     canbelocal: false,
                 },
             });
-            //allpkgs.insert(m.name.into_boxed_str());
         }
 
         Ok(true)
@@ -130,34 +128,4 @@ pub fn sync<T: postgres::GenericClient>(pg: &mut T, sys: i32, mirror: &str, repo
     if let Err(e) = r {
         error!("Error reading package index: {}", e);
     }
-    //mark_dead(pg, sys, repo, allpkgs);
 }
-
-/* TODO: Dead-marking of packages is currently broken.
- * Since the removal of the repo information from the `packages` table, the approach below isn't
- * going to work anymore. Needs to be revisited... sometime.
- *
-fn mark_dead<T: postgres::GenericClient>(pg: &mut T, sys: i32, repo: &str, pkgs: HashSet<Box<str>>) {
-    let mut dead = Vec::new();
-    for row in pg.query("SELECT id, name FROM packages WHERE system = $1 AND category = $2 AND NOT dead", &[&sys,&repo]).unwrap() {
-        let id: i32 = row.get(0);
-        let name: &str = row.get(1);
-        if !pkgs.contains(name) {
-            info!("Package not available in database anymore, marking dead; sys {} / {} / pkg {} ({})", sys, repo, id, name);
-            dead.push(id);
-        }
-    }
-    if dead.is_empty() {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    let mut tr = pg.transaction().unwrap();
-    let q = tr.prepare("UPDATE packages SET dead = TRUE WHERE id = $1").unwrap();
-    for id in dead {
-        tr.execute(&q, &[&id]).unwrap();
-    }
-
-    if let Err(e) = tr.commit() {
-        error!("Error finishing transaction: {}", e);
-    }
-}*/