diff --git a/build-package.sh b/build-package.sh
index 78a54d29e2..89d5193899 100755
--- a/build-package.sh
+++ b/build-package.sh
@@ -125,9 +125,6 @@ termux_step_create_debscripts() {
 # Create the build deb file. Not to be overridden by package scripts.
 source scripts/build/termux_step_create_debfile.sh
 
-# Function to compare debs built with -i with ones from a repo
-source scripts/build/termux_step_compare_debs.sh
-
 # Finish the build. Not to be overridden by package scripts.
 source scripts/build/termux_step_finish_build.sh
 
@@ -163,5 +160,4 @@ cd "$TERMUX_PKG_MASSAGEDIR/$TERMUX_PREFIX"
 termux_step_post_massage
 termux_step_create_datatar
 termux_step_create_debfile
-termux_step_compare_debs
 termux_step_finish_build
diff --git a/scripts/build/termux_step_compare_debs.sh b/scripts/build/termux_step_compare_debs.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index d79bd0a204..0000000000
--- a/scripts/build/termux_step_compare_debs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-termux_step_compare_debs() {
-	if [ "${TERMUX_INSTALL_DEPS}" = true ]; then
-		cd ${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}
-
-		for DEB in $TERMUX_PKG_NAME $(find $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR $TERMUX_PKG_TMPDIR -name "*.subpackage.sh" | sed 's%\.subpackage\.sh%%g'); do
-			DEB=$(basename $DEB)
-			read DEB_ARCH DEB_VERSION <<< $(termux_extract_dep_info "$DEB")
-			termux_download_deb $DEB $DEB_ARCH $DEB_VERSION \
-			    &&	(
-				DEB_FILE=${DEB}_${DEB_VERSION}_${DEB_ARCH}.deb
-
-				# `|| true` to prevent debdiff's exit code from stopping build
-				debdiff $TERMUX_DEBDIR/$DEB_FILE $TERMUX_COMMON_CACHEDIR-$TERMUX_ARCH/$DEB_FILE || true
-				) || echo "Download of ${DEB}@${DEB_VERSION} failed, not comparing debs"
-			echo ""
-		done
-	fi
-}