nutz [1] filed a deletion request for check_pidfile [2]: Yes, this package can be purged please. cheers PS: I tried to find out if I could remove this package myself but couldn't find the relevant information. Sorry I it's blatantly obvious how to do this and I didnt find that [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/nutz/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/check_pidfile/