diff --git a/bin/xbps-query/ownedby.c b/bin/xbps-query/ownedby.c
index 1edcbedc..4a9ebb5d 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-query/ownedby.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-query/ownedby.c
@@ -175,15 +175,9 @@ int
 repo_ownedby(struct xbps_handle *xhp, int npatterns, char **patterns)
 {
 	struct ffdata ffd;
-	int rv;
 
 	ffd.npatterns = npatterns;
 	ffd.patterns = patterns;
 
-	if ((rv = xbps_rpool_sync(xhp, XBPS_PKGINDEX_FILES, NULL)) != 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "xbps-query: failed to sync rindex "
-		    "files: %s\n", strerror(rv));
-		return rv;
-	}
 	return xbps_rpool_foreach(xhp, repo_ownedby_cb, &ffd);
 }