diff --git a/proto_package.go b/proto_package.go
index ccb4799..fb41e07 100644
--- a/proto_package.go
+++ b/proto_package.go
@@ -112,15 +112,6 @@ func (p *ProtoPackage) build(ctx context.Context) (time.Duration, error) {
 	p.Version = constructVersion(p.Srcinfo.Pkgver, p.Srcinfo.Pkgrel, p.Srcinfo.Epoch)
 	p.DBPackage = p.DBPackage.Update().SetPackages(packages2slice(p.Srcinfo.Packages)).SaveX(ctx)
 
-	repoVersion, err := p.repoVersion()
-	if err == nil {
-		if alpm.VerCmp(repoVersion, p.Version) > 0 {
-			log.Infof("skipped %s: package already built", p.Srcinfo.Pkgbase)
-			p.DBPackage = p.DBPackage.Update().SetStatus(dbpackage.StatusLatest).SetTagRev(p.State.TagRev).SaveX(ctx)
-			return time.Since(start), err
-		}
-	}
-
 	// skip haskell packages, since they cannot be optimized currently (no -O3 & march has no effect as far as I know)
 	if Contains(p.Srcinfo.MakeDepends, "ghc") || Contains(p.Srcinfo.MakeDepends, "haskell-ghc") ||
 		Contains(p.Srcinfo.Depends, "ghc") || Contains(p.Srcinfo.Depends, "haskell-ghc") {