diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/alpm/repo.py b/src/ahriman/core/alpm/repo.py
index 52c1c006..db8a79e0 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/core/alpm/repo.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/alpm/repo.py
@@ -59,22 +59,15 @@ class Repo(LazyLogging):
         """
         return self.root / f"{self.name}.db.tar.gz"
 
-    def add(self, path: Path, *, remove: bool = True) -> None:
+    def add(self, path: Path) -> None:
         """
         add new package to repository
 
         Args:
             path(Path): path to archive to add
-            remove(bool, optional): whether to remove old packages or not (Default value = True)
         """
-        command = ["repo-add", *self.sign_args]
-        if remove:
-            command.extend(["--remove"])
-        command.extend([str(self.repo_path), str(path)])
-
-        # add to repository
         check_output(
-            *command,
+            "repo-add", *self.sign_args, "--remove", str(self.repo_path), str(path),
             exception=BuildError.from_process(path.name),
             cwd=self.root,
             logger=self.logger,
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/core/alpm/test_repo.py b/tests/ahriman/core/alpm/test_repo.py
index 8e8ee61e..3543509d 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/core/alpm/test_repo.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/core/alpm/test_repo.py
@@ -35,17 +35,6 @@ def test_repo_add(repo: Repo, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     assert "--remove" in check_output_mock.call_args[0]
 
 
-def test_repo_add_no_remove(repo: Repo, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
-    """
-    must call repo-add without remove flag
-    """
-    check_output_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.core.alpm.repo.check_output")
-
-    repo.add(Path("path"), remove=False)
-    check_output_mock.assert_called_once()  # it will be checked later
-    assert "--remove" not in check_output_mock.call_args[0]
-
-
 def test_repo_init(repo: Repo, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     """
     must call repo-add with empty package list on repo initializing