diff --git a/core/pacman/PKGBUILD b/core/pacman/PKGBUILD
index 5fcaa439c..5a3fa46c2 100644
--- a/core/pacman/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/pacman/PKGBUILD
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ md5sums=('063c8b0ff6bdf903dc235445525627cd'
          '5c491b27bae54d93d6ba972ce0fccfa7'
          'e76e2b0c42b7820331abe524ac706653')
 
-# keep an upgrade path for older installations
-PKGEXT='.pkg.tar.gz'
-
 build() {
   cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver