diff --git a/core/pacman/PKGBUILD b/core/pacman/PKGBUILD
index dc4db28ee..bd2754ccc 100644
--- a/core/pacman/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/pacman/PKGBUILD
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ source=(ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/pacman/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz{,.sig}
         makepkg.conf)
 md5sums=('387965c7125e60e5f0b9ff3b427fe0f9'
          '1a70392526c8768470da678b31905a6e'   
-         '9c58ab16092e34eb359ea7e8d56bfc3a'
+         '9a7d914def620cc4dd1a94ed53892175'
          'e6d44e71b847d2c98bb38087e33cd76b')
 
 # keep an upgrade path for older installations
diff --git a/core/pacman/pacman.conf b/core/pacman/pacman.conf
index 784ebdff0..dcb2cbe04 100644
--- a/core/pacman/pacman.conf
+++ b/core/pacman/pacman.conf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #GPGDir      = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
 HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
 # If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
-SyncFirst   = pacman
+#SyncFirst   = pacman
 #XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - -f %u > %o
 #XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
 #CleanMethod = KeepInstalled