diff --git a/meta/classes/repository.bbclass b/meta/classes/repository.bbclass
index a61e5dcd..28e712fd 100644
--- a/meta/classes/repository.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/repository.bbclass
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ repo_del_srcpackage() {
     if [ -n "${GNUPGHOME}" ]; then
         export GNUPGHOME="${GNUPGHOME}"
     fi
-    reprepro -b "${dir}" --dbdir "${dbdir}" \
-        removesrc "${codename}" \
+    reprepro -b "${dir}" --dbdir "${dbdir}" -A source \
+        remove "${codename}" \
         "${packagename}"
 }