diff --git a/scripts/cleanArchives.py b/scripts/cleanArchives.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2005, TUBITAK/UEKAE
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# Please read the COPYING file.
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+import pisi.uri
+import pisi.specfile
+
+def scanPSPEC(folder):
+    packages = []
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(folder):
+        if "pspec.xml" in files:
+            packages.append(root)
+        # dont walk into the versioned stuff
+        if ".svn" in dirs:
+            dirs.remove(".svn")
+    return packages
+
+def cleanArchives(file):
+    try:
+        os.remove("/var/cache/pisi/archives/%s" % file)
+    except OSError:
+        print("Permission denied...")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        packages = scanPSPEC(sys.argv[1])
+    except:
+        print "Usage: cleanArchives.py path2repo"
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    if "--dry-run" in sys.argv:
+        clean = False
+    elif "--clean" in sys.argv:
+        clean = True
+    else:
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    files = []
+    for package in packages:
+        spec = pisi.specfile.SpecFile()
+        spec.read(os.path.join(package, "pspec.xml"))
+
+        URI = pisi.uri.URI(spec.source.archive.uri)
+        files.append(URI.filename())
+
+    archiveFiles = os.listdir("/var/cache/pisi/archives/")
+    unneededFiles = set(archiveFiles) - set(files)
+
+    for i in unneededFiles:
+        if not clean:
+            print("/var/cache/pisi/archives/%s" % i)
+        else:
+            cleanArchives("/var/cache/pisi/archives/%s" % i)