diff --git a/lib/package_unpack.c b/lib/package_unpack.c
index 894fada8..f85b10db 100644
--- a/lib/package_unpack.c
+++ b/lib/package_unpack.c
@@ -456,33 +456,6 @@ unpack_archive(struct xbps_handle *xhp,
 			    "mode to %s.\n", pkgver, entry_pname,
 			    archive_entry_strmode(entry));
 		}
-		/*
-		 * Check if current file mtime differs from archive entry
-		 * in binpkg and apply mtime if true.
-		 */
-		if (!force && file_exists && skip_extract &&
-		    (archive_entry_mtime_nsec(entry) != st.st_mtime)) {
-			struct timespec ts[2];
-
-			ts[0].tv_sec = archive_entry_atime(entry);
-			ts[0].tv_nsec = archive_entry_atime_nsec(entry);
-			ts[1].tv_sec = archive_entry_mtime(entry);
-			ts[1].tv_nsec = archive_entry_mtime_nsec(entry);
-
-			if (utimensat(AT_FDCWD, entry_pname, ts,
-				      AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) == -1) {
-				xbps_dbg_printf(xhp,
-				    "%s: failed "
-				    "to set mtime %lu to %s: %s\n",
-				    pkgver, archive_entry_mtime_nsec(entry),
-				    entry_pname,
-				    strerror(errno));
-				rv = EINVAL;
-				goto out;
-			}
-			xbps_dbg_printf(xhp, "%s: updated file timestamps to %s\n",
-			    pkgver, entry_pname);
-		}
 		if (!force && skip_extract) {
 			archive_read_data_skip(ar);
 			continue;