diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_local.c b/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
index cd6fac40..76a14df3 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_local.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 #include "handle.h"
 #include "package.h"
 #include "group.h"
-#include "delta.h"
 #include "deps.h"
 #include "dload.h"
 
@@ -194,13 +193,6 @@ alpm_list_t *_cache_get_replaces(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 	return pkg->replaces;
 }
 
-alpm_list_t *_cache_get_deltas(pmpkg_t *pkg)
-{
-	ASSERT(pkg != NULL, return(NULL));
-	/* local pkgs do not have deltas so nothing to load */
-	return pkg->deltas;
-}
-
 alpm_list_t *_cache_get_files(pmpkg_t *pkg)
 {
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
@@ -288,6 +280,9 @@ int _cache_changelog_close(const pmpkg_t *pkg, void *fp)
 	return( fclose((FILE*)fp) );
 }
 
+/* We're cheating, local packages can't have deltas anyway. */
+alpm_list_t *_pkg_get_deltas(pmpkg_t *pkg);
+
 /** The local database operations struct. Get package fields through
  * lazy accessor methods that handle any backend loading and caching
  * logic.
@@ -314,7 +309,7 @@ static struct pkg_operations local_pkg_ops = {
 	.get_conflicts   = _cache_get_conflicts,
 	.get_provides    = _cache_get_provides,
 	.get_replaces    = _cache_get_replaces,
-	.get_deltas      = _cache_get_deltas,
+	.get_deltas      = _pkg_get_deltas,
 	.get_files       = _cache_get_files,
 	.get_backup      = _cache_get_backup,
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
index 78038576..414a9f37 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
@@ -90,12 +90,6 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_update(int force, pmdb_t *db)
 	/* Sanity checks */
 	ASSERT(handle != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_HANDLE_NULL, -1));
 	ASSERT(db != NULL && db != handle->db_local, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS, -1));
-	/* Verify we are in a transaction.  This is done _mainly_ because we need a DB
-	 * lock - if we update without a db lock, we may kludge some other pacman
-	 * process that _has_ a lock.
-	 */
-	ASSERT(handle->trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
-	ASSERT(handle->trans->state == STATE_INITIALIZED, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NOT_INITIALIZED, -1));
 
 	if(!alpm_list_find_ptr(handle->dbs_sync, db)) {
 		RET_ERR(PM_ERR_DB_NOT_FOUND, -1);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/package.c b/lib/libalpm/package.c
index 09bf78eb..27ffc918 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/package.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/package.c
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
-/* libarchive */
-#include <archive.h>
-#include <archive_entry.h>
-
 /* libalpm */
 #include "package.h"
 #include "alpm_list.h"