diff --git a/lib/libalpm/add.c b/lib/libalpm/add.c
index 9ffc834..8df8645 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/add.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/add.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ int _alpm_add_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t **data)
 
 		/* look for unsatisfied dependencies */
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, _("looking for unsatisfied dependencies"));
-		lp = _alpm_checkdeps(trans, db, trans->type, trans->packages);
+		lp = _alpm_checkdeps(db, trans->type, trans->packages);
 		if(lp != NULL) {
 			if(data) {
 				*data = lp;
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/deps.c b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
index 66b2d77..dfb5cfb 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/deps.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ alpm_list_t *_alpm_sortbydeps(alpm_list_t *targets, pmtranstype_t mode)
  * @param packages an alpm_list_t* of packages to be checked
  * @return an alpm_list_t* of missing_t pointers.
  */
-alpm_list_t *_alpm_checkdeps(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, pmtranstype_t op,
+alpm_list_t *_alpm_checkdeps(pmdb_t *db, pmtranstype_t op,
                              alpm_list_t *packages)
 {
 	alpm_list_t *i, *j, *k, *l;
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ int _alpm_resolvedeps(pmdb_t *local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync, pmpkg_t *syncpkg,
 
 	_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, _("started resolving dependencies"));
 	targ = alpm_list_add(NULL, syncpkg);
-	deps = _alpm_checkdeps(trans, local, PM_TRANS_TYPE_ADD, targ);
+	deps = _alpm_checkdeps(local, PM_TRANS_TYPE_ADD, targ);
 	alpm_list_free(targ);
 
 	if(deps == NULL) {
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/deps.h b/lib/libalpm/deps.h
index 132f21f..2edbb50 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/deps.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/deps.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pmdepmissing_t *_alpm_depmiss_new(const char *target, pmdeptype_t type,
 																	const char *depversion);
 int _alpm_depmiss_isin(pmdepmissing_t *needle, alpm_list_t *haystack);
 alpm_list_t *_alpm_sortbydeps(alpm_list_t *targets, pmtranstype_t mode);
-alpm_list_t *_alpm_checkdeps(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, pmtranstype_t op,
+alpm_list_t *_alpm_checkdeps(pmdb_t *db, pmtranstype_t op,
                              alpm_list_t *packages);
 alpm_list_t *_alpm_removedeps(pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t *targs);
 int _alpm_resolvedeps(pmdb_t *local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync, pmpkg_t *syncpkg,
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/remove.c b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
index 920739a..74d9539 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/remove.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/remove.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ int _alpm_remove_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t **data)
 		EVENT(trans, PM_TRANS_EVT_CHECKDEPS_START, NULL, NULL);
 
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, _("looking for unsatisfied dependencies"));
-		lp = _alpm_checkdeps(trans, db, trans->type, trans->packages);
+		lp = _alpm_checkdeps(db, trans->type, trans->packages);
 		if(lp != NULL) {
 			if(trans->flags & PM_TRANS_FLAG_CASCADE) {
 				while(lp) {
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ int _alpm_remove_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t **data)
 						}
 					}
 					FREELIST(lp);
-					lp = _alpm_checkdeps(trans, db, trans->type, trans->packages);
+					lp = _alpm_checkdeps(db, trans->type, trans->packages);
 				}
 			} else {
 				if(data) {
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/sync.c b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
index 87da969..f60e582 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 		EVENT(trans, PM_TRANS_EVT_RESOLVEDEPS_DONE, NULL, NULL);
 
 		_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, _("looking for unresolvable dependencies"));
-		deps = _alpm_checkdeps(trans, db_local, PM_TRANS_TYPE_UPGRADE, list);
+		deps = _alpm_checkdeps(db_local, PM_TRANS_TYPE_UPGRADE, list);
 		if(deps) {
 			if(data) {
 				*data = deps;
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 		}
 		if(list) {
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, _("checking dependencies of packages designated for removal"));
-			deps = _alpm_checkdeps(trans, db_local, PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVE, list);
+			deps = _alpm_checkdeps(db_local, PM_TRANS_TYPE_REMOVE, list);
 			if(deps) {
 				/* Check if broken dependencies are fixed by packages we are installing */
 				int errorout = 0;