diff --git a/build/files.c b/build/files.c
index fff1544..8e5a731 100644
--- a/build/files.c
+++ b/build/files.c
@@ -2983,11 +2983,6 @@ int processBinaryFiles(Spec spec, int installSpecialDoc, int test)
     if (rc == 0)
 	rc = processInterdep(spec);
 
-    if (rc == 0) {
-	const char * strict_deps = getenv("RPM_STRICT_INTERDEPS");
-	rc = upgradeInterdep(spec, strict_deps);
-    }
-
     if (rc == 0)
 	rc = checkFiles(spec);
 
diff --git a/build/interdep.c b/build/interdep.c
index bd93730..57b802c 100644
--- a/build/interdep.c
+++ b/build/interdep.c
@@ -796,98 +796,4 @@ int processInterdep(Spec spec)
     return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Replace odeps and oevr with ndeps and nevr
- */
-static
-int replaceDeps(Package pkg1, Package pkg2, const char * strict_interdeps)
-{
-    int rc = RPMRC_OK;
-    char * name = pkgName(pkg1);
-    char * evr = headerSprintf(pkg1->header, "%|epoch?{%{epoch}:}|%{version}-%{release}",
-	    rpmTagTable, rpmHeaderFormats, NULL);
-    char * strictdep = NULL;
-
-    char **reqNv = NULL;
-    char **reqVv = NULL;
-    int *reqFv = NULL;
-    int reqc;
-
-    HGE_t hge = (HGE_t) headerGetEntry;
-    HME_t hme = (HME_t) headerModifyEntry;
-    HFD_t hfd = (HFD_t) headerFreeData;
-
-    int ok = hge(pkg2->header, RPMTAG_REQUIRENAME, NULL, (void **) &reqNv, &reqc) &&
-	hge(pkg2->header, RPMTAG_REQUIREVERSION, NULL, (void **) &reqVv, NULL) &&
-	hge(pkg2->header, RPMTAG_REQUIREFLAGS, NULL, (void *) &reqFv, NULL);
-    if (!ok) {
-	return RPMRC_OK;
-    }
-
-    if (pkg1 == pkg2)
-	goto exit;
-
-    for (int i = 0; i < reqc; i++) {
-	/* skip strict dependencies */
-	if (reqNv[i][0] == '.')
-	    continue;
-
-	if (strcmp(reqNv[i], name) ||
-		strcmp(reqVv[i], evr) ||
-		(reqFv[i] & RPMSENSE_SENSEMASK) != RPMSENSE_EQUAL)
-	    continue;
-
-	if (!strictdep)
-	    strictdep = xasprintf(".%s-%s-%s", strict_interdeps, name, evr);
-
-	reqNv[i] = strictdep;
-	reqVv[i] = "";
-	reqFv[i] = reqFv[i] & ~RPMSENSE_SENSEMASK;
-	rpmMessage(RPMMESS_NORMAL,
-		"%s: replacing strict dependency on %s with %s\n",
-		pkgName(pkg2), name, strictdep);
-	if (!addReqProv(NULL, pkg1->header,
-		   RPMSENSE_PROVIDES | RPMSENSE_FIND_PROVIDES,
-		   strictdep, 0, 0))
-	    rpmMessage(RPMMESS_NORMAL, "%s: adding %s to provides\n", name, strictdep);
-	break;
-    }
-
-    if (strictdep) {
-	hme(pkg2->header, RPMTAG_REQUIRENAME, RPM_STRING_ARRAY_TYPE, reqNv, reqc);
-	hme(pkg2->header, RPMTAG_REQUIREVERSION, RPM_STRING_ARRAY_TYPE, reqVv, reqc);
-	hme(pkg2->header, RPMTAG_REQUIREFLAGS, RPM_INT32_TYPE, reqFv, reqc);
-    }
-
- exit:
-    reqNv = hfd(reqNv, RPM_STRING_ARRAY_TYPE);
-    reqVv = hfd(reqVv, RPM_STRING_ARRAY_TYPE);
-    strictdep = _free(strictdep);
-    return rc;
-}
-
-int upgradeInterdep(Spec spec, const char * strict_interdeps)
-{
-    if (strict_interdeps == NULL || !*strict_interdeps)
-	return RPMRC_OK;
-
-    Package pkg1, pkg2;
-
-    for (pkg1 = spec->packages; pkg1; pkg1 = pkg1->next) {
-	if (!pkg1->cpioList)
-	    continue;
-
-	for (pkg2 = pkg1->next; pkg2; pkg2 = pkg2->next) {
-	    if (!pkg2->cpioList)
-		continue;
-	    if (replaceDeps(pkg1, pkg2, strict_interdeps) != RPMRC_OK)
-		return RPMRC_FAIL;
-	    if (replaceDeps(pkg2, pkg1, strict_interdeps) != RPMRC_OK)
-		return RPMRC_FAIL;
-	}
-    }
-
-    return RPMRC_OK;
-}
-
 // ex: set ts=8 sts=4 sw=4 noet:
diff --git a/build/interdep.h b/build/interdep.h
index a34142c..ea052a9 100644
--- a/build/interdep.h
+++ b/build/interdep.h
@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@
 
 /* Perform inter-package analysis and optimizations. */
 int processInterdep(Spec spec);
-/* Replace NEVR-based inter-package dependencies with Identity-based */
-int upgradeInterdep(Spec spec, const char * strict_interdeps);
 
 #endif