diff --git a/src/libpriv/rpmostree-core.cxx b/src/libpriv/rpmostree-core.cxx
index b3439183..d2153474 100644
--- a/src/libpriv/rpmostree-core.cxx
+++ b/src/libpriv/rpmostree-core.cxx
@@ -2554,7 +2554,6 @@ start_async_import_one_package (RpmOstreeContext *self, DnfPackage *pkg,
   if (rojig_xattrs)
     {
       g_assert (!self->sepolicy);
-      rpmostree_importer_set_rojig_mode (unpacker, self->rojig_xattr_table, rojig_xattrs);
     }
 
   rpmostree_importer_run_async (unpacker, cancellable, on_async_import_done, self);
diff --git a/src/libpriv/rpmostree-importer.cxx b/src/libpriv/rpmostree-importer.cxx
index 9f21ff6d..934bc6f2 100644
--- a/src/libpriv/rpmostree-importer.cxx
+++ b/src/libpriv/rpmostree-importer.cxx
@@ -69,15 +69,7 @@ struct RpmOstreeImporter
   DnfPackage *pkg;
   char *hdr_sha256;
 
-  guint n_rojig_skipped;
-  guint n_rojig_total;
   char *ostree_branch;
-
-  gboolean rojig_mode;
-  char *rojig_cacheid;
-  GVariant *rojig_xattr_table;
-  GVariant *rojig_xattrs;
-  GVariant *rojig_next_xattrs; /* passed from filter to xattr cb */
 };
 
 G_DEFINE_TYPE(RpmOstreeImporter, rpmostree_importer, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
@@ -104,11 +96,6 @@ rpmostree_importer_finalize (GObject *object)
 
   g_free (self->hdr_sha256);
 
-  g_free (self->rojig_cacheid);
-  g_clear_pointer (&self->rojig_xattr_table, (GDestroyNotify)g_variant_unref);
-  g_clear_pointer (&self->rojig_xattrs, (GDestroyNotify)g_variant_unref);
-  g_clear_pointer (&self->rojig_next_xattrs, (GDestroyNotify)g_variant_unref);
-
   G_OBJECT_CLASS (rpmostree_importer_parent_class)->finalize (object);
 }
 
@@ -293,18 +280,6 @@ rpmostree_importer_new_take_fd (int                     *fd,
   return ret;
 }
 
-void
-rpmostree_importer_set_rojig_mode (RpmOstreeImporter                    *self,
-                                   GVariant *xattr_table,
-                                   GVariant *xattrs)
-{
-  self->rojig_mode = TRUE;
-  self->rojig_xattr_table = g_variant_ref (xattr_table);
-  g_variant_get (xattrs, "(s@a(su))",
-                 &self->rojig_cacheid,
-                 &self->rojig_xattrs);
-}
-
 static void
 get_rpmfi_override (RpmOstreeImporter *self,
                     const char        *path,
@@ -334,10 +309,7 @@ rpmostree_importer_get_ostree_branch (RpmOstreeImporter *self)
 {
   if (!self->ostree_branch)
     {
-      if (self->rojig_mode)
-        self->ostree_branch = rpmostree_get_rojig_branch_header (self->hdr);
-      else
-        self->ostree_branch = rpmostree_get_cache_branch_header (self->hdr);
+      self->ostree_branch = rpmostree_get_cache_branch_header (self->hdr);
     }
 
   return self->ostree_branch;
@@ -483,23 +455,6 @@ build_metadata_variant (RpmOstreeImporter *self,
                              g_variant_new_string (chksum_repr.c_str()));
     }
 
-  if (self->rojig_mode)
-    {
-      g_variant_builder_add (&metadata_builder, "{sv}",
-                             "rpmostree.rojig",
-                             g_variant_new_boolean (TRUE));
-      g_variant_builder_add (&metadata_builder, "{sv}",
-                             "rpmostree.rojig_cacheid",
-                             g_variant_new_string (self->rojig_cacheid));
-      g_variant_builder_add (&metadata_builder, "{sv}",
-                             "rpmostree.rojig_n_skipped",
-                             g_variant_new_uint32 (self->n_rojig_skipped));
-      g_variant_builder_add (&metadata_builder, "{sv}",
-                             "rpmostree.rojig_total",
-                             g_variant_new_uint32 (self->n_rojig_total));
-
-    }
-
   if (self->doc_files)
     {
       g_variant_builder_add (&metadata_builder, "{sv}",
@@ -805,11 +760,7 @@ import_rpm_to_repo (RpmOstreeImporter *self,
    * is unprivileged, anything else is a compose.
    */
   const gboolean unprivileged = ostree_repo_get_mode (repo) == OSTREE_REPO_MODE_BARE_USER_ONLY;
-  if (self->rojig_mode)
-    {
-      g_assert_not_reached ();
-    }
-  else if (unprivileged)
+  if (unprivileged)
     filter = unprivileged_filter_cb;
   else
     filter = compose_filter_cb;
@@ -821,15 +772,8 @@ import_rpm_to_repo (RpmOstreeImporter *self,
     modifier_flags |= OSTREE_REPO_COMMIT_MODIFIER_FLAGS_CANONICAL_PERMISSIONS;
   g_autoptr(OstreeRepoCommitModifier) modifier =
     ostree_repo_commit_modifier_new (static_cast<OstreeRepoCommitModifierFlags>(modifier_flags), filter, &fdata, NULL);
-  if (self->rojig_mode)
-    {
-      g_assert_not_reached ();
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      ostree_repo_commit_modifier_set_xattr_callback (modifier, xattr_cb, NULL, self);
-      ostree_repo_commit_modifier_set_sepolicy (modifier, self->sepolicy);
-    }
+  ostree_repo_commit_modifier_set_xattr_callback (modifier, xattr_cb, NULL, self);
+  ostree_repo_commit_modifier_set_sepolicy (modifier, self->sepolicy);
 
   OstreeRepoImportArchiveOptions opts = { 0 };
   opts.ignore_unsupported_content = TRUE;
diff --git a/src/libpriv/rpmostree-importer.h b/src/libpriv/rpmostree-importer.h
index 534ff22d..6b52d1ef 100644
--- a/src/libpriv/rpmostree-importer.h
+++ b/src/libpriv/rpmostree-importer.h
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ rpmostree_importer_new_take_fd (int                     *fd,
                                 OstreeSePolicy          *sepolicy,
                                 GError                 **error);
 
-void rpmostree_importer_set_rojig_mode (RpmOstreeImporter *self,
-                                        GVariant *xattr_table,
-                                        GVariant *xattrs);
-
 gboolean
 rpmostree_importer_read_metainfo (int fd,
                                   Header *out_header,