diff --git a/pisi/dependency.py b/pisi/dependency.py
index 111c8f5a..fbc5b52a 100644
--- a/pisi/dependency.py
+++ b/pisi/dependency.py
@@ -96,21 +96,6 @@ dependency spec"""
         (version, release) = (pkg.version, pkg.release)
         return depinfo.satisfies(pkg_name, version, release)
 
-def upgradableDep(depinfo):
-    """determine if an *already installed* package can be upgraded given dependency spec in installdb"""
-    if not installdb.is_installed(depinfo.package):
-        return False
-    else:
-        pkg = packagedb.get_package(pkg_name)
-        (version, release) = (pkg.version, pkg.release)
-        return depinfo.satisfies(pkg_name, version, release)
-##        pkg_name = depinfo.package
-##        pkg = packagedb.inst_packagedb.get_package(pkg_name)
-##        (version, release) = (pkg.version, pkg.release)
-##        pkg_then = packagedb.get_package(pkg_name)
-##        (version_then, release_then) = (pkg_then.version, pkg_then.release)
-##        return depinfo.upgradable(pkg_name, release, release_then)
-
 def satisfiesDeps(pkg, deps, sat = installedSatisfiesDep):
     for dep in deps:
         if not sat(dep):
diff --git a/pisi/toplevel.py b/pisi/toplevel.py
index e286a6e3..549118d1 100644
--- a/pisi/toplevel.py
+++ b/pisi/toplevel.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def upgrade_pkg_names(A):
             for dep in pkg.runtimeDeps:
                 print 'checking ', dep
                 # add packages that can be upgraded
-                if not dependency.upgradableDep(dep):
+                if not dependency.repoSatisfiesDep(dep):
                     if not dep.package in G_f.vertices():
                         Bp.add(str(dep.package))
                     G_f.add_dep(x, dep)