--- a/libopkg/args.c
+++ b/libopkg/args.c
@@ -267,8 +267,6 @@
      printf("\tinstall <file.opk>	Install package <file.opk>\n");
      printf("\tconfigure [<pkg>]	Configure unpacked packages\n");
      printf("\tremove <pkg|regexp>	Remove package <pkg|packages following regexp>\n");
-     printf("\tflag <flag> <pkg> ...	Flag package(s) <pkg>\n");
-     printf("\t <flag>=hold|noprune|user|ok|installed|unpacked (one per invocation)	\n");
     
      printf("\nInformational Commands:\n");
      printf("\tlist    		List available packages and descriptions\n");
--- a/libopkg/opkg_cmd.c
+++ b/libopkg/opkg_cmd.c
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
 static int opkg_list_installed_cmd(opkg_conf_t *conf, int argc, char **argv);
 static int opkg_remove_cmd(opkg_conf_t *conf, int argc, char **argv);
 static int opkg_purge_cmd(opkg_conf_t *conf, int argc, char **argv);
-static int opkg_flag_cmd(opkg_conf_t *conf, int argc, char **argv);
 static int opkg_files_cmd(opkg_conf_t *conf, int argc, char **argv);
 static int opkg_search_cmd(opkg_conf_t *conf, int argc, char **argv);
 static int opkg_download_cmd(opkg_conf_t *conf, int argc, char **argv);
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@
      {"list", 0, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_list_cmd},
      {"list_installed", 0, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_list_installed_cmd},
      {"info", 0, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_info_cmd},
-     {"flag", 1, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_flag_cmd},
      {"status", 0, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_status_cmd},
      {"install_pending", 0, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_install_pending_cmd},
      {"install", 1, (opkg_cmd_fun_t)opkg_install_cmd},
@@ -974,48 +972,6 @@
      return 0;
 }
 
-static int opkg_flag_cmd(opkg_conf_t *conf, int argc, char **argv)
-{
-     int i;
-     pkg_t *pkg;
-     const char *flags = argv[0];
-    
-     global_conf = conf;
-     signal(SIGINT, sigint_handler);
-
-     for (i=1; i < argc; i++) {
-	  if (conf->restrict_to_default_dest) {
-	       pkg = pkg_hash_fetch_installed_by_name_dest(&conf->pkg_hash,
-							   argv[i],
-							   conf->default_dest);
-	  } else {
-	       pkg = pkg_hash_fetch_installed_by_name(&conf->pkg_hash, argv[i]);
-	  }
-
-	  if (pkg == NULL) {
-	       opkg_message(conf, OPKG_ERROR,
-			    "Package %s is not installed.\n", argv[i]);
-	       continue;
-	  }
-          if (( strcmp(flags,"hold")==0)||( strcmp(flags,"noprune")==0)||
-              ( strcmp(flags,"user")==0)||( strcmp(flags,"ok")==0)) {
-	      pkg->state_flag = pkg_state_flag_from_str(flags);
-          }
-/* pb_ asked this feature 03292004 */
-/* Actually I will use only this two, but this is an open for various status */
-          if (( strcmp(flags,"installed")==0)||( strcmp(flags,"unpacked")==0)){
-	      pkg->state_status = pkg_state_status_from_str(flags);
-          }
-	  opkg_state_changed++;
-	  opkg_message(conf, OPKG_NOTICE,
-		       "Setting flags for package %s to %s\n",
-		       pkg->name, flags);
-     }
-
-     write_status_files_if_changed(conf);
-     return 0;
-}
-
 static int opkg_files_cmd(opkg_conf_t *conf, int argc, char **argv)
 {
      pkg_t *pkg;