diff --git a/purpur b/purpur
index 7e3d9305f..79145f494 100755
--- a/purpur
+++ b/purpur
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ case "$1" in
   (
     set -e
     cd "$basedir"
-    if [ "$2" != "fast" ]; then
-      scripts/upstream.sh
-    fi
     scripts/apply.sh "$basedir"
   )
   ;;