diff --git a/src/pakfire/lib/functions.pl b/src/pakfire/lib/functions.pl
index 491c4b076..91e7930d1 100644
--- a/src/pakfire/lib/functions.pl
+++ b/src/pakfire/lib/functions.pl
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ sub dblist {
 		foreach $file (@files) {
 			next if ( $file eq "." );
 			next if ( $file eq ".." );
+			next if ( $file =~ /^old/ );
 			open(FILE, "<$Conf::dbdir/meta/$file");
 			@meta = <FILE>;
 			close(FILE);