diff --git a/utils/xbps-pkgdb.c b/utils/xbps-pkgdb.c
index d89228b81a5..339bd8c45a7 100644
--- a/utils/xbps-pkgdb.c
+++ b/utils/xbps-pkgdb.c
@@ -193,11 +193,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 			exit(1);
 		}
 		obj = prop_dictionary_get(dbdict, argv[2]);
-		if (obj == NULL) {
-			printf("=> ERROR: package `%s' not registered in database.\n",
-			    argv[2]);
+		if (obj == NULL)
 			exit(1);
-		}
 		printf("%s\n", prop_string_cstring_nocopy(obj));
 
 	} else {
diff --git a/xbps.sh b/xbps.sh
index 385baec3aa9..b12284b8ebf 100755
--- a/xbps.sh
+++ b/xbps.sh
@@ -1164,16 +1164,10 @@ check_installed_pkg()
 		run_file $XBPS_TEMPLATESDIR/${pkg%-[0-9]*.*}.tmpl
 	fi
 
-	$XBPS_PKGDB_CMD installed $pkgname
-	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-		#
-		# Package is installed, let's check the version.
-		#
-		iver="$($XBPS_PKGDB_CMD version $pkgname)"
-		if [ -n "$iver" ]; then
-			$XBPS_CMPVER_CMD $pkgname-$iver $pkgname-$reqver
-			[ $? -eq 0 ] && return 0
-		fi
+	iver="$($XBPS_PKGDB_CMD version $pkgname)"
+	if [ -n "$iver" ]; then
+		$XBPS_CMPVER_CMD $pkgname-$iver $pkgname-$reqver
+		[ $? -eq 0 ] && return 0
 	fi
 
 	return 1