diff --git a/lib/dewey.c b/lib/dewey.c
index 5a633cc6..924ea411 100644
--- a/lib/dewey.c
+++ b/lib/dewey.c
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ typedef struct arr_t {
 	unsigned	c;              /* # of version numbers */
 	unsigned	size;           /* size of array */
 	int	       *v;              /* array of decimal numbers */
-	int		netbsd;         /* any "nb" suffix */
 } arr_t;
 
 /* this struct describes a test */
@@ -131,10 +130,9 @@ dewey_mktest(int *op, const char *test)
 static int
 mkcomponent(arr_t *ap, const char *num)
 {
-	static const char       alphas[] = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
-	const test_t	       *modp;
-	int                 n;
-	const char             *cp;
+	const test_t *modp;
+	int n;
+	const char *cp;
 
 	if (ap->c == ap->size) {
 		if (ap->size == 0) {
@@ -167,26 +165,6 @@ mkcomponent(arr_t *ap, const char *num)
 			return modp->len;
 		}
 	}
-	if (strncasecmp(num, "nb", 2) == 0) {
-		for (cp = num, num += 2, n = 0 ; isdigit((unsigned char)*num) ; num++) {
-			n = (n * 10) + (*num - '0');
-		}
-		ap->netbsd = n;
-		return (int)(num - cp);
-	}
-	if (isalpha((unsigned char)*num)) {
-		ap->v[ap->c++] = Dot;
-		cp = strchr(alphas, tolower((unsigned char)*num));
-		if (ap->c == ap->size) {
-			ap->size *= 2;
-			if ((ap->v = realloc(ap->v, ap->size * sizeof(int))) == NULL) {
-				xbps_dbg_printf("%s: ENOMEM!\n", __func__);
-				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-			}
-		}
-		ap->v[ap->c++] = (int)(cp - alphas) + 1;
-		return 1;
-	}
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -197,7 +175,6 @@ mkversion(arr_t *ap, const char *num)
 	ap->c = 0;
 	ap->size = 0;
 	ap->v = NULL;
-	ap->netbsd = 0;
 
 	while (*num) {
 		num += mkcomponent(ap, num);
@@ -250,7 +227,7 @@ vtest(arr_t *lhs, int tst, arr_t *rhs)
 			return result(cmp, tst);
 		}
 	}
-	return result(lhs->netbsd - rhs->netbsd, tst);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -283,10 +260,10 @@ dewey_cmp(const char *lhs, int op, const char *rhs)
 int
 xbps_cmpver(const char *pkg1, const char *pkg2)
 {
-	if (dewey_cmp(pkg1, DEWEY_LT, pkg2))
-		return -1;
-	else if (dewey_cmp(pkg1, DEWEY_GT, pkg2))
+	if (dewey_cmp(pkg1, DEWEY_GT, pkg2))
 		return 1;
+	else if (dewey_cmp(pkg1, DEWEY_LT, pkg2))
+		return -1;
 	else
 		return 0;
 }