diff --git a/common/environment/setup/sourcepkg.sh b/common/environment/setup/sourcepkg.sh
index 0a6e54f96cf..cf35358c8e0 100644
--- a/common/environment/setup/sourcepkg.sh
+++ b/common/environment/setup/sourcepkg.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 ## VARIABLES
 unset -v pkgname version revision short_desc homepage license maintainer
-unset -v archs only_for_archs distfiles checksum build_style build_helper nocross broken
+unset -v archs distfiles checksum build_style build_helper nocross broken
 unset -v configure_script configure_args wrksrc build_wrksrc create_wrksrc
 unset -v make_build_args make_check_args make_install_args
 unset -v make_build_target make_check_target make_install_target
@@ -34,6 +34,3 @@ unset -f pre_build do_build post_build
 unset -f pre_check do_check post_check
 unset -f pre_install do_install post_install
 unset -f do_clean
-
-# deprecated
-unset -v only_for_archs
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-doinstall.sh b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-doinstall.sh
index af30e5ae5e2..63280088267 100755
--- a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-doinstall.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-doinstall.sh
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ if [ ! -f $XBPS_SUBPKG_INSTALL_DONE ]; then
             archs=noarch
             unset noarch
         fi
-        if [ -n "$only_for_archs" ]; then
-            archs="$only_for_archs"
-            unset only_for_archs
-        fi
 
         source_file $XBPS_COMMONDIR/environment/build-style/${build_style}.sh
 
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-dopkg.sh b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-dopkg.sh
index d2ff5531730..ac4c0ca419b 100755
--- a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-dopkg.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-dopkg.sh
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ if [ "$sourcepkg" != "$PKGNAME" ]; then
         unset noarch
         msg_warn "deprecated property 'noarch'. Use archs=noarch instead!\n"
     fi
-    if [ -n "$only_for_archs" ]; then
-        archs="$only_for_archs"
-        unset only_for_archs
-    fi
 fi
 
 if [ -s $XBPS_MASTERDIR/.xbps_chroot_init ]; then
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-prepkg.sh b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-prepkg.sh
index abc8988ec40..44b2de947d6 100755
--- a/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-prepkg.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-prepkg.sh
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ if [ "$sourcepkg" != "$PKGNAME" ]; then
         archs=noarch
         unset noarch
     fi
-    if [ -n "$only_for_archs" ]; then
-        archs="$only_for_archs"
-        unset only_for_archs
-    fi
 fi
 
 source_file $XBPS_COMMONDIR/environment/build-style/${build_style}.sh