diff --git a/indexer/src/sys_arch.rs b/indexer/src/sys_arch.rs
index e8ae5d7..b5bc832 100644
--- a/indexer/src/sys_arch.rs
+++ b/indexer/src/sys_arch.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ 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 mut allpkgs = HashSet::new();
     let r = archive::walk(ent, |x| {
         if x.filetype() == archive::FileType::Directory {
             hasman = false;
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ pub fn sync<T: postgres::GenericClient>(pg: &mut T, sys: i32, mirror: &str, repo
                     canbelocal: false,
                 },
             });
-            allpkgs.insert(m.name.into_boxed_str());
+            //allpkgs.insert(m.name.into_boxed_str());
         }
 
         Ok(true)
@@ -130,9 +130,13 @@ 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);
+    //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() {
@@ -156,4 +160,4 @@ fn mark_dead<T: postgres::GenericClient>(pg: &mut T, sys: i32, repo: &str, pkgs:
     if let Err(e) = tr.commit() {
         error!("Error finishing transaction: {}", e);
     }
-}
+}*/