diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
index 48b6ba2f..57ea8806 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
@@ -487,31 +487,22 @@ enum _pmerrno_t {
 	PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_PREPARED,
 	PM_ERR_TRANS_ABORT,
 	PM_ERR_TRANS_TYPE,
-	PM_ERR_TRANS_COMMITING,
-	PM_ERR_TRANS_DOWNLOADING,
 	/* Packages */
 	PM_ERR_PKG_NOT_FOUND,
 	PM_ERR_PKG_IGNORED,
 	PM_ERR_PKG_INVALID,
 	PM_ERR_PKG_OPEN,
-	PM_ERR_PKG_LOAD,
-	PM_ERR_PKG_CANT_FRESH,
 	PM_ERR_PKG_CANT_REMOVE,
 	PM_ERR_PKG_INVALID_NAME,
 	PM_ERR_PKG_REPO_NOT_FOUND,
 	/* Deltas */
 	PM_ERR_DLT_INVALID,
 	PM_ERR_DLT_PATCHFAILED,
-	/* Groups */
-	PM_ERR_GRP_NOT_FOUND,
 	/* Dependencies */
 	PM_ERR_UNSATISFIED_DEPS,
 	PM_ERR_CONFLICTING_DEPS,
 	PM_ERR_FILE_CONFLICTS,
 	/* Misc */
-	PM_ERR_USER_ABORT,
-	PM_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
-	PM_ERR_DB_SYNC,
 	PM_ERR_RETRIEVE,
 	PM_ERR_INVALID_REGEX,
 	/* External library errors */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/error.c b/lib/libalpm/error.c
index 01dc758c..47f07508 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/error.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/error.c
@@ -99,10 +99,6 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_strerror(int err)
 			return _("transaction aborted");
 		case PM_ERR_TRANS_TYPE:
 			return _("operation not compatible with the transaction type");
-		case PM_ERR_TRANS_COMMITING:
-			return _("could not commit transaction");
-		case PM_ERR_TRANS_DOWNLOADING:
-			return _("could not download all files");
 		/* Packages */
 		case PM_ERR_PKG_NOT_FOUND:
 			return _("could not find or read package");
@@ -112,10 +108,6 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_strerror(int err)
 			return _("invalid or corrupted package");
 		case PM_ERR_PKG_OPEN:
 			return _("cannot open package file");
-		case PM_ERR_PKG_LOAD:
-			return _("cannot load package data");
-		case PM_ERR_PKG_CANT_FRESH:
-			return _("package not installed or lesser version");
 		case PM_ERR_PKG_CANT_REMOVE:
 			return _("cannot remove all files for package");
 		case PM_ERR_PKG_INVALID_NAME:
@@ -127,9 +119,6 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_strerror(int err)
 			return _("invalid or corrupted delta");
 		case PM_ERR_DLT_PATCHFAILED:
 			return _("delta patch failed");
-		/* Groups */
-		case PM_ERR_GRP_NOT_FOUND:
-			return _("group not found");
 		/* Dependencies */
 		case PM_ERR_UNSATISFIED_DEPS:
 			return _("could not satisfy dependencies");
@@ -138,10 +127,8 @@ const char SYMEXPORT *alpm_strerror(int err)
 		case PM_ERR_FILE_CONFLICTS:
 			return _("conflicting files");
 		/* Miscellaenous */
-		case PM_ERR_USER_ABORT:
-			return _("user aborted the operation");
-		case PM_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR:
-			return _("internal error");
+		case PM_ERR_RETRIEVE:
+			return _("failed to retrieve some files");
 		case PM_ERR_INVALID_REGEX:
 			return _("invalid regular expression");
 		/* Errors from external libraries- our own wrapper error */