diff --git a/aurmake b/aurmake
index bfd975a..2995d6d 100755
--- a/aurmake
+++ b/aurmake
@@ -21,11 +21,7 @@ else
     printf "Warning: repo-add not found, will only copy viewer.\n" >> /dev/stderr
 fi
 
-[ "$mktar" = "true" ] && touch packages/.need_mktar
-
 if [ "$1" = "publish" ]; then
     [ ! -x "$(command -v rsync)" ] && printf "rsync not found.\n" > /dev/stderr && exit 1
     rsync -avPz packages/ ${SERVER_USER}@${SERVER_IP}:${SERVER_LOCATION}/packages/
 fi
-
-rm -f packages/.need_mktar
diff --git a/packages/index.php b/packages/index.php
index 90235aa..ec66afc 100644
--- a/packages/index.php
+++ b/packages/index.php
@@ -133,14 +133,6 @@ function main() {
         }
 
         print "\t\t\t</table>\n";
-    } else if ($request == "archive") {
-        exec("./viewer/archive.sh", $output);
-
-        if (file_exists("packages.tar.gz")) {
-            header("Location: packages.tar.gz");
-        }
-
-        exit();
     } else if ($request == "view" && $query == '') {
         printHead($self, "speedie-aur", "speedie-aur", "My unofficial Arch Linux repository containing many useful packages");
 
@@ -158,9 +150,6 @@ function main() {
         print "\t\t\t<p>You can search for packages using the input box in the navbar. Then you can select a package to view details about it. You can press 'Home' in the navbar to go back to this page, or 'All' to display all available packages.</p>\n";
         print "\t\t<h2>Directory listing</h2>\n";
         print "\t\t\t<p>See <a href=\"lister.php\">this page</a> for more information.</p>\n";
-        print "\t\t<h2>Download</h2>\n";
-        print "\t\t\t<p>If you wish, you can download the full packages/ directory containing all packages, the database and the PHP itself. This may be useful if you want to have a local repository that won't get updated, or you want to contribute back.</p>\n";
-        print "\t\t\t<p>A tar.gz archive can be found <a href=\"$self?action=archive\">here</a>.</p>\n";
     } else if ($request == "view" && $query != '') {
         $packageCount = 0;
         $packageVersions = array();
diff --git a/packages/viewer/archive.sh b/packages/viewer/archive.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f5ac035..0000000
--- a/packages/viewer/archive.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-dir="$(pwd)"
-
-if [ -f "$dir/.need_mktar" ] || [ ! -f "$dir/packages.tar.gz" ]; then
-    rm -f "$dir/.need_mktar"
-    rm -f "$dir/packages.tar.gz"
-    mkdir -p packages/ ; cp "$dir/"* packages/ ; cp -r "$dir/viewer" "$dir/lister" packages/
-    tar -cf "$dir/packages.tar" packages/ && gzip "$dir/packages.tar"
-    rm -rf packages/
-fi