diff --git a/lib/libalpm/trans.c b/lib/libalpm/trans.c
index 1198292f..009ec7f1 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/trans.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/trans.c
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ int _alpm_trans_addtarget(pmtrans_t *trans, char *target)
 	ASSERT(target != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS, -1));
 
 	if(alpm_list_find_str(trans->targets, target)) {
-		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_DUP_TARGET, -1);
+		return(0);
+		//RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_DUP_TARGET, -1);
 	}
 
 	switch(trans->type) {
diff --git a/pactest/tests/remove001.py b/pactest/tests/remove001.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..809bfdb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pactest/tests/remove001.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# If someone else can come up with a better name, please do so
+self.description = "Remove a package listed 5 times"
+
+p = pmpkg("foo")
+self.addpkg2db("local", p)
+
+self.args = "-R " + "foo "*5
+
+self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
+self.addrule("!PKG_EXISTS=foo")